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Rip Current in Coastal Volusia County, Florida
Rip Current May 26, 2008 · Coastal Volusia County, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 15 year old male drowned in a rip current at New Smyrna Beach. The Volusia County beach patrol reported over 200 people rescued from rip currents during this period.
The wider storm
High pressure off the North Carolina coast produced a long period swell on the east coast of Florida. This created frequent rip currents that resulted in two fatalities and hundreds rip current rescues.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 102872. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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