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Rip Current in Coastal Palm Beach County, Florida
Rip Current May 30, 2007 · Coastal Palm Beach County, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 56-year-old Slovakian man visiting on business drowned at the beach behind The Breakers in Palm Beach. Hotel lifeguards pulled the man out of the water but could not revive him.
The wider storm
Three people drowned at southeast Florida beaches over the Memorial Day weekend as a result of rip currents. East winds of 15 to 20 mph persisted for several days and caused favorable conditions for numerous rip currents.
A total of 30 rescues were performed along Palm Beach County beaches alone, with many more likely to have occurred across all of southeast Florida.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 35457. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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