Rip Current in Brevard, Florida
Rip Current May 23, 2015 – May 25, 2015 · Brevard, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
The body of a 50-year-old male from Kissimmee was pulled from the surf near the 700 block of Atlantic Street in Melbourne Beach around 1130 EST on May 25. Brevard County Fire Rescue and Beach Patrol noted there were strong rip currents in the area at the time. Two others were rescued from rough surf and rip currents to the north at Playalinda Beach and one person was rescued to the south at Hightower Beach in Satellite Beach.
The wider storm
Enhanced onshore flow created rough surf and numerous strong rip currents that kept local beach patrols extremely busy during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Beach safety and local news media indicated four rip current related drownings and over 500 ocean rescues, primarily in Volusia and Brevard Counties.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 569487. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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