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Rip Current in Dare County, North Carolina

Rip Current September 4, 2003 · Dare County, North Carolina

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Dare County Emergency Management reported a rip current drowning of a Maryland man near Cape Hatteras. Swells generated from Hurricane Fabian, which was 875 miles southeast of the Outer Banks, caused heavy surf and rip currents across the entire Eastern North Carolina coastline.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5337056. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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