Rip Current — Kings (brooklyn), New York

2014-07-22 to 2014-07-23 · Kings (brooklyn), New York

Event narrative

A 10-year-old girl drowned after she fell off a jetty in Coney Island on Tuesday evening July 22nd and slipped into the ocean. Takara McDuffy of Staten Island was playing with her sister and fell off the rocks near Stillwell Avenue around 7 p.m., according to police and witnesses. She couldn't swim her family said. After a frantic, 10-minute search, a man found the girl floating about 100 yards from the jetty. Another good Samaritan administered CPR on the beach. Takara was taken to Coney Island Hospital, where she died. Lifeguards had already gone off duty when she drowned.

Wider weather episode

High pressure slid just offshore on July 22 with a southerly return flow. A strong sea breeze developed in and around the New York City beaches on the late afternoon and evening, with south winds of 15 to 20 knots. Rip current conditions were observed to be low in the morning with 1 to 3 ft. waves. However, the surf became higher in the late afternoon and evening with rip current activity forecast to become moderate. Unfortunately these conditions resulted in a fatality to a little girl who fell off a pier in Coney Island.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 531795. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.