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Rip Current in Nueces, Texas

Rip Current August 21, 2010 · Nueces, Texas

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Strong rip currents occurred along Padre and Mustang Islands during the late afternoon and evening hours on the 21st. A male swimmer was caught in a rip current near Horace Caldwell Pier on Mustang Island and drowned.

The wider storm

Strong rip currents occurred along Padre and Mustang Islands during the late afternoon and evening hours on the 21st. Two adults, in separate incidents, were caught in rip currents and drowned.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 259392. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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