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Rip Current in Nueces, Texas

Rip Current June 14, 2012 · Nueces, Texas

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A young man was swimming near the south jetty of the Packery Channel on Padre Island. Rescue crews pulled the distressed swimmer out of the water. Lifeguards and paramedics attempted CPR at the scene but were unable to revive him. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The wider storm

A swimmer near the south jetty of the Packery Channel on Padre Island became distressed in a rip current near the jetty. Rescue crews pulled the swimmer out of the water. But the lifeguards and paramedics were unable to revive the individual.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 392173. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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