Rip Current in Ashtabula, Ohio

An eleven-year-old boy drowned in a rip current at Conneaut Township Park Beach during the afternoon of June 7th. Since the news article stated the victim was swept away while visiting the park Friday afternoon, the time of the incident is estimated.

An eleven-year-old boy drowned in a rip current at Conneaut Township Park Beach during the afternoon of the 7th. The incident occurred when northwesterly onshore winds were around 20 knots and waves were as large as 3 to 6 feet along the Ashtabula County shore. A Beach Hazards Statement was in effect for a high risk of rip currents along the southern lakeshore from Erie County, OH to Erie County, PA. The relatively-strong onshore surface winds were generated by a relatively-tight southwesterly MSLP gradient over Lake Erie, between a surface low centered over the Gulf of Maine and a surface high centered in vicinity of northeastern AR.