High Surf — Newport, Rhode Island

2014-08-06 · Newport, Rhode Island

Direct deaths

Event narrative

A 58 year old Massachusetts man was swept away by high surf while fishing on rocks at Beavertail State Park in Jamestown, RI. His body was recovered from the surf along the rocky shoreline. Tropical Storm Bertha was spinning off the coast of North Carolina, churning up seas and sending them northward, contributing to the high surf along the Rhode Island coast.

Wider weather episode

A 58 year old man was swept away by high surf while fishing on rocks at Beavertail State Park in Jamestown, RI. Tropical Storm Bertha was spinning off the coast of North Carolina, churning up seas and sending them northward, contributing to the high surf along the Rhode Island coast.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 540247. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.