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The Dexes / Coastal Flood, High Surf & Storm Surge / 975093

Eventdex · Coastal Flood, High Surf & Storm Surge

SOUTHERN QUEENS

975093

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Event typeevent_typeRip Current
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id975,093
Episode IDepisode_id161,463
Begin UTCbegin_utc2021-05-23T01:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2021-05-23T03:00:00+00:00
StatestateNEW YORK
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameSOUTHERN QUEENS
Deaths directdeaths_direct1
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceBroadcast Media
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeEast to southeast ocean swells of 4 to 6 ft likely resulted in rough surf and a high risk of rip currents Saturday Night into Sunday ahead of an approaching cold front. NWS New York, NY Surf Zone Forecast program begin until 5/27.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeRecovery teams found the body of a woman in her sixties who went missing in the waters off Far Rockaway on May 22nd Saturday night. Police said a body was recovered May 23rd Sunday morning near the search site of a missing swimmer last seen the night before.||NYPD and FDNY search teams were dispatched Saturday evening to Far Rockaway after reports of a missing swimmer were made around 9:30 p.m. The woman allegedly stripped off her clothes and ran into the Rockaway Inlet off Beach 17th St. and Seagirt Blvd. at about 9:00 p.m. According to some witnesses, they saw the woman struggling in the water 30 feet away from shore and screaming for help. Once first responders arrived to the incident the woman had already been pulled down and disappeared.||This was likely a rip current fatality due to the likely surf zone conditions and details of the incident.
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