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Rip Current August 27, 2010 · Marquette, Michigan

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Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

An 18-year male Northern Michigan University student from Detroit, MI drowned at Picnic Rocks in Marquette on the evening of 27th. South winds gusting over 20 mph produced a strong longshore current which contributed to the drowning death and also caused two other swimmers to go into distress at the same time.

The wider storm

An 18-year old Northern Michigan University student drowned at Picnic Rocks in Marquette on the evening of the 27th. South winds gusting over 20 mph produced a strong longshore current which contributed to the drowning death.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 258759. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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