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Rip Current in Queens, New York

Rip Current August 1, 2009 · Queens, New York

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Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 19 year old male drowned, due to strong rip currents, in the Atlantic Ocean off the 25th Street Beach in the Rockaways.

The wider storm

Persistent onshore wind flow and long period swells produced dangerous rip currents at area beaches. A teenage male died due to strong rip currents off the 25th Street Beach in the Rockaways.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 194762. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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