Rip Current — Coastal Broward County, Florida
2007-01-03 · Coastal Broward County, Florida
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Direct deaths
Event narrative
A 70 year old tourist from Pennsylvania drowned while fighting rip currents at an unguarded beach behind the Pink Palms Condominiums at the 2100 block of North Ocean Drive in Fort Lauderdale Beach.
This was the second tourist to drown as a result of rip currents during the New Year's Weekend of 2007. Unseasonably warm weather along with strong east winds attracted hundreds of beach goers.
Wider weather episode
Rip currents affected Southeast Florida beaches over New Year's Weekend 2007.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 11031. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.