The Dexes / Coastal Flood, High Surf & Storm Surge / 600463
Eventdex · Coastal Flood, High Surf & Storm Surge
SOUTHERN NASSAU
600463
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| Event typeevent_type | Rip Current |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 600,463 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 100,244 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2015-08-01T22:30:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2015-08-02T05:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | NEW YORK |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | SOUTHERN NASSAU |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 1 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Newspaper |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | A persistent southwest flow ahead of an approaching cold front the last week of July resulted in building south swells and wind waves into Saturday August 1. NWS New York forecast a moderate rip current threat in the early morning of August 1, which was upgraded to a high risk for rip currents at 1240 pm that day based on marine and surf observations. Moderate to strong rip current activity was reported by lifeguards Saturday Afternoon into the Evening. This rip current activity unfortunately resulted in the loss of 2 lives on the Long Island beaches that afternoon and evening. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | On Saturday, August 1, a young man from Brooklyn drowned when he was caught in a riptide in Long Beach. Two swimmers were spotted having a tough time in the water amid strong rip currents at around 6:30 p.m. near the Allegria Hotel.||One of the swimmers was rescued, but the other, 23-year-old Kashawn Carlos, went under. His body was located after an extensive search-and-rescue operation in which lifeguards formed a human chain in the water. Police say he had been submerged in the water for an hour.||Carlos was taken to South Nassau Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.||Officials say beachgoers had been warned of the rip currents as lifeguards went off-duty Saturday evening. |
| Yearyear | 2,015 |
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