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Rip Current in Marquette, Michigan

Rip Current July 21, 2010 · Marquette, Michigan

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Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 62-year-old Wisconsin man drowned near Picnic Rocks on the afternoon of the 21st. A wave pushed him away from the sandbar at Picnic Rocks, and he was pulled under the water by the strong longshore current which had developed from gusty north winds of 10 to 20 mph.

The wider storm

A 62-year-old Wisconsin man drowned near Picnic Rocks in Marquette on the afternoon of the 21st. North wind gusts of 10 to 20 mph enhanced the waves and a longshore current which led to the drowning.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 258609. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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