Rip Current in Coastal Sarasota, Florida

Rip Current March 17, 2014 · Coastal Sarasota, Florida

Injury

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 19 year old teenager was swimming in waste deep water when he was pulled out past the buoy line by a rip current and pulled under the water. He was rescued by a friend and needed to be resuscitated by CPR. The victim was then taken to a hospital but is expected to make a full recovery.

The wider storm

A strong cold front crossed the Florida Peninsula on the evening of the 17th and morning of the 18th, with a band of showers and thunderstorms developing ahead of the front. Some of the stronger storms produced damaging wind gusts during the afternoon of the 17th as the storms came onshore. Additionally, one person was injured from a rip current on Siesta Key.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 498767. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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