Rip Current in Coastal Cameron, Texas

Rip Current May 23, 2021 · Coastal Cameron, Texas

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Cameron County Beach Patrol responded to a call regarding a drowning victim which came in at 6:47 PM that evening. Witnesses suggested/confirmed the fatality was rip current related, and an off-duty NWS employee vouched for the dangerous rip current potential during the entire weekend (May 22-23).

The wider storm

Agitated Gulf seas occurred on the afternoon and evening of May 23rd, leading to an elevated risk for rip currents at local beaches. Pronounced easterly swell was noted in offshore buoys as well as via eyewitness accounts from those in the surf that weekend. Cameron County Beach Patrol responded to a call regarding a drowning victim later that evening, with witnesses suggesting/confirming the fatality was rip current related.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 960751. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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