Rip Current in Coastal Volusia County, Florida

Rip Current April 11, 2008 · Coastal Volusia County, Florida

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A man swimming in the surf was caught in a rip current and drowned. The man, vacationing from Pittsburgh, PA was the first drowning of the year in Volusia county.

The wider storm

A persistent swell resulted in dangerous rip current conditions. A man swimming in the surf was caught in a rip current and drowned.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 142462. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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