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Rip Current in Coastal Palm Beach County, Florida
Rip Current November 9, 2010 · Coastal Palm Beach County, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 46-year-old Canadian businessman, in town for a conference, drowned at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel beach in Manalapan during an overnight swim. Seas were rough, with rip currents likely occurring along with swells of up to 3 feet.
The wider storm
Swells of 2 to 3 feet from a distant storm in the north Atlantic created ideal rip current conditions along the Palm Beach County coast.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 266374. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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