Rip Current in Coastal St. Lucie, Florida

Rip Current November 3, 2024 · Coastal St. Lucie, Florida

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 16-year-old male was pulled from the surf at Pepper Park Beach in Fort Pierce, FL on Sunday, November 3, 2024 around 6:00 p.m. in the evening. He was taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital where he died later that evening. The beach is typically guarded through the day, until about 5:00 p.m. The threat of rip currents was high that day, and witnesses indicated that rough surf was occurring at the time of the incident.

The wider storm

A 16-year-old male from Fort Pierce drowned after being caught in a rip current at Pepper Park Beach.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1218461. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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