Rip Current in Nueces, Texas

Rip Current August 21, 2010 · Nueces, Texas

Death

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 female swimmer was caught in a rip current near Padre Balli Park ' Beach Marker 230 on Padre 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 259397. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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