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Rip Current in Southern Nassau, New York

Rip Current June 19, 2018 · Southern Nassau, New York

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A 10-year old boy drowned after being pulled out by a rip current along one of the jetties near Ocean Beach Park off Edwards Boulevardin Long Beach around 6 p.m. Tuesday evening. The boy, Ramell McRae, and his slightly older 11-year-old brother, Jaquan McRae, were in the waters at Long Beach where swimming was off-limits Tuesday because lifeguards were not on duty, according to Long Beach Fire Commissioner Scott Kemins on scene. The 11-year-old brother was taken to a hospital in Oceanside, where he's in stable condition, officials said. The Coast Guard, NYPD Aviation, Nassau County Marine and Aviation, and Wantagh, Long Beach, North Cedarhurst, Inwood and East Rockaway fire departments all searched for the 10 year old boy. The search wrapped up for the day around 9 p.m. Tuesday and resumed early Wednesday before authorities ultimately called off the search. The boy's body was recovered Sunday June 24th.

The wider storm

Despite offshore winds, residual southerly swells in the wake of a cold frontal passage resulted in 1 to 3 ft surf and moderate rip current activity along the Atlantic ocean beachfront on Tuesday June 19th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 767341. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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