Rip Current — Southeast Suffolk, New York

2017-09-16 · Southeast Suffolk, New York

Event narrative

Timothy Allen Osborne, 46, of Singapore drowned at Coopers Beach in Southampton Village on Saturday.

Police said they responded to a call that two swimmers were in distress at Coopers Beach in Southampton Village at 12:31 p.m. on Saturday. Police said one of the swimmers, an unidentified woman, was able to get back to shore on her own, but Mr. Osborne could not.

A group of people who were at the beach, police said, went into the ocean to save Mr. Osborne, and were able to pull him out. Once on the beach, police began to perform CPR on Mr. Osborne. Mr. Osborne was then taken to Southampton Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:21 p.m.

Wider weather episode

Long period swells ahead of Tropical Cyclone Jose began affecting the Atlantic ocean beachfront on Saturday September 16th. The incoming energetic swells resulted in high surf and dangerous rip current development on Saturday. A Rip Current Statement was issued by NWS New York, NY to alert of this threat. Unfortunately, a man drowned at Coopers Beach in Southampton Village on Saturday afternoon in the dangerous conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 722903. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.