Rip Current in Duval, Florida

Rip Current May 15, 2013 · Duval, Florida

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A man died trying to rescue a 10 year old boy from a rip current at Hanna Park. The boy was pulled to safety, but the 62 year old died a short time later at the hospital. The event was logged as an indirect fatality.

The wider storm

Onshore flow increased the rip current risk...as well as the falling tide.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 452969. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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