Rip Current in Coastal Charlotte, Florida

Rip Current May 18, 2018 · Coastal Charlotte, Florida

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 59 year old man was visiting Siesta Key from Missouri when he was pulled away from the coast by a rip current. The man was pulled back to the beach and was given CPR, but died from his injuries. Time of the drowning is unknown.

The wider storm

A ridge of high pressure extending from that Atlantic into the Carolinas, setup light southeast flow across the southwest Florida coastline. One man drowned after being caught in a rip current.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 751595. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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