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Rip Current in Coastal Palm Beach County, Florida
Rip Current May 31, 2007 · Coastal Palm Beach County, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 31-year-old Michigan man drowned while trying to help a friend who had been caught in a rip current. The drowning occurred at the public beach near Ocean and Atlantic Avenues in Delray Beach, after lifeguards had gone home for the day.
The wider storm
Increasing east to southeast winds ahead of a low pressure area over the Gulf of Mexico which eventually became Tropical Storm Barry caused favorable conditions for rip currents along Atlantic beaches on May 31st. One person drowned in Delray Beach.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 36291. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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