Coastal Palm Beach County storm history

Three teens were rescued by Lake Worth Beach lifeguards and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue after they were caught in rip currents at Lake Worth Beach. The three swimmers were transported to a hospital after receiving CPR. Two were in stable condition and one teen succumbed to inju…

Broadcast media reported one fatality of a 15 year old child who was caught in a strong rip current near Gulf Stream Park in Boynton Beach. Two other family members were rescued. The persistent moderate easterly flow resulted in a high risk of rip currents for the Palm Beach Coun…

Broadcast media reported one fatality of a 55 year old man who was caught in a strong rip current when swimming at a resort in Palm Beach. Two people responded when the man was heard yelling and brought to shore. Local rescue crews tried to revive the man and were unsuccessful. R…

Broadcast media reported that a 50-year-old Canadian man died after a strong rip current pulled him away from a friend while the pair swam off Ocean Ridge. The persistent moderate easterly flow resulted in a high risk of rip currents for the Palm Beach County beaches. Time is est…

Local broadcast media and Palm Beach Sheriff's Office reported that the Manalapan Police Department received a 911 call from a beachgoer reporting a swimmer in distress just north of the Boynton Inlet. Security officers and medics from a nearby estate rescued a man from the rough…

Local broadcast media reported, and Palm Beach Medical Examiner's office confirmed, that a 64-year-old man died in at a Singer Island beach when drowning due to strong rip currents. The persistent moderate easterly flow resulted in a high risk of rip currents and dangerous surf f…

Local media broadcasted a video from Palm Beach Fire Rescue of Ocean Rescue lifeguards pulling a man out of choppy surf at an unguarded beach between Juno Beach Park and Loggerhead Beach. The man was unconscious and taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead about an …

Several people were pulled out of the water and a 47-year-old male from Palm Beach County died after getting caught in a rip current at Midtown Beach in the Town of Palm Beach. Six additional people were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, includin…

A 64-year-old male visiting from outside the area drowned from a rip current at the 400 block of South Ocean Boulevard in the Town of Palm Beach. Fire-Rescue arrived on-scene at 7:43 AM to a call of an unresponsive man lying on the beach shoreline. He was taken to a nearby hospit…

Multiple media outlets reported that a woman was injured after a tree branch fell on her during a morning walk. There were gusty winds around 35 mph at the time behind a cold front passage. The woman died 4 days later as a result of the injury.

A 40 year old woman visiting from Virginia was pushed by strong waves and caught in a strong rip current off the Palm Beach County coast near Jupiter, approximately near the 3000 block of South State Highway A1A. Attempts to rescue her were made by her husband, and a bystander wa…

Several swimmers got caught in rip currents at the 2000 block of South A1A in Jupiter. a father had to be rescued by Good Samaritans and fire rescue personnel after saving his own children. the father was taken to the hospital in critical condition while the other swimmers were o…

Multiple members of the media reported that 4 swimmers were pulled out of the water from Ocean Reef Park and City Beach Municipal Park. These locations are near/on Singer Island, which is north of Palm Beach. A 14-year-old boy from Pahokee, Florida died in the hospital later that…

A rip current at the 100 block of South Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach killed one person and injured two others. A man was in distress caught in a rip current when another man attempted to rescue him. A police officer arrived and was able to pull both men out of the water. One man…

At around 345 PM EDT, a 21-year old male British national went missing in the surf at MacArthur Beach State Park in North Palm Beach. A teenage girl who was swimming with him and was also caught in a rip current but she was rescued by two college students who swim for Florida Int…

Broadcast media reported that a 27-year old male was pulled out to sea from a rip current. The Coast Guard has suspended the search and the man is presumed dead.

A young man (Jacobo Dorcely) drowned while swimming at Hammock Park near Boynton Inlet. The man's age was not indicated in media reports, but is estimated to be around 18 years of age. His body was recovered about 50 feet from shore. Occurred at an unguarded beach.

A 17-year-old young man went missing at the Gulf Stream Park Beach in Boynton Beach, presumed to be swept away by a rip current. Rescue efforts both Friday afternoon and Saturday were unsuccessful and the Coast Guard suspended its search efforts a few days later.

A 53-year old male was plucked from the ocean along an unguarded stretch of shore north of Lake Worth Beach and taken to the JFK Medical Center where he later died around noon. The man was reported to have a weak heart and lifeguards reported rip currents and choppy surf.

A 49 year old deceased male from Virginia washed ashore on November 28th at Juno Beach after being swept out to sea off Singer Island in a strong rip current on the 26th.

A 78-year-old male Canadian tourist drowned as a result of rip currents at an unguarded beach in the 3100 Block of South Ocean Boulevard in Boca Raton, very close to the Palm Beach/Broward county line. The man was swimming with his girlfriend when she went out too far and got cau…

A 46-year-old Canadian businessman, in town for a conference, drowned at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel beach in Manalapan during an overnight swim. Seas were rough, with rip currents likely occurring along with swells of up to 3 feet.

A charter boat captain died from injuries suffered when he fell off his boat as he approached Jupiter Inlet in rough seas. Northeast swells of 2 to 3 feet were observed throughout the day, although seas were likely a bit higher near Jupiter Inlet where the accident took place. Th…

A 2 year old girl was found in a van at a day care at around 4 PM local time after spending many hours in the vehicle. The child had been picked up in the morning and was found in the vehicle about 6 hours later. The high temperature in the area was 91 degrees, which is very clos…

A couple visiting the area from Georgia drowned in rip currents in Lantana. A 57-year-old woman got into trouble after being pulled by a rip current. Her 70-year-old husband jumped in to save her, but was also caught in the current. Two Good Samaritans jumped in the water to try …

A junior from New York University, plus friends, was on a spring break trip at Jupiter. The NYU student drown when he and a friend plus others got caught in a rip current. A Good Samaritan hopped out of a passing cab and dragged the friend to shore, but could not get to the stude…

A Canadian businessman drowned at Midtown Beach on Palm Beach as a result of rip currents. The 58-year-old man was swimming about 150 yards north of the guarded beach at Midtown Beach. Lifeguards and Fire-Rescue personnel performed CPR on the victim, which was then taken to a loc…

A 24-year-old Cape Coral man drowned in rough surf and rip currents near Peruvian Avenue in Palm Beach, just south of the beach's guarded section. Lifeguards had just gone off-duty minutes before the drowning. Several people, including two of the victim's friends, tried to help.

A 20-year-old Boynton Beach resident drowned when caught in a rip current just north of Lake Worth Pier. The victim was swimming about 200 yards offshore. Two people attempted to rescue the victim to no avail. City lifeguards had already left for the day, and there had been warni…

A 27-year-old man visiting from Connecticut drowned after being caught in a rip current at the beach near 80 South Ocean Boulevard in Delray Beach. Two friends who were also caught in the rip current but escaped, along with lifeguards tried to save the victim to no avail. The rip…

A 31-year-old Michigan man drowned while trying to help a friend who had been caught in a rip current. The drowning occurred at the public beach near Ocean and Atlantic Avenues in Delray Beach, after lifeguards had gone home for the day.

A 56-year-old Slovakian man visiting on business drowned at the beach behind The Breakers in Palm Beach. Hotel lifeguards pulled the man out of the water but could not revive him.

A 32-year old man drowned trying to save a girl caught in a rip current at the beach behind the Four Seasons hotel in Palm Beach. His friend, a 31-year-old man, was rescued and taken to the hospital. No lifeguards are stationed at the beach.

Several swimmers had to be rescued during the afternoon and early evening at the beaches along the coast of northern Palm Beach County, some nearly drowning. The first report was just after 2 pm EDT at Ocean Cay Park in Jupiter where two people nearly drowned. They were pulled fr…

High surf impacted the Palm Beach County coast as Hurricane Irene passed to the east. 8 people were injured along Boynton Inlet when a large wave crashed onto the jetty. The Lake Worth pier was damaged by large waves. Railings and some break away decking planks were lost when lar…

Hurricane Matthew produced maximum sustained winds between 35 and 45 knots (40 and 50 mph) across coastal Palm Beach County throughout the afternoon and evening hours of October 6th and into the early morning hours of October 7th. A peak gust of 58 knots (67 mph) was measured by …

High surf caused by Hurricane Matthew pounded the beaches of Palm Beach County, resulting in moderate beach erosion. Beaches from Singer Island to Jupiter were the most affected by the high surf. Damage estimates from the beach erosion were $21 million.

A maximum storm tide of 5.2 feet above mean lower low water (MLLW) was observed at Lake Worth Pier on October 28th at 712 AM EDT along with a maximum storm surge of 2.28 feet on October 28th at 236 AM EDT. Similar tide and surge levels were measured at the highest daily high tide…

High surf associated with Tropical Storm Noel continued to batter the Palm Beach County coast. Hardest hit spots were beaches in Jupiter, Singer Island and South Palm Beach/Lantana, where severe to locally extreme beach erosion occurred. A steel sea wall protecting the Condado co…

Broadcast media relayed reports of a 48-year-old man rescued by Palm Beach County Ocean Rescue near Carlin Park in Jupiter. The swimmer became distressed after becoming caught in a rip current.

Social media video depicts significant tidal flooding along South Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach during high tide. Water reaches about halfway up car tires.

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue reported a person caught in a rip current roughly 100 feet from shore at Lake Worth Beach. The patient was rescued and transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.

A member of the broadcast media relayed a picture of street flooding from King Tides along Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach. Water level estimates on the roadway look to be about 6 inches deep, with some areas rising over the street curb in the lower areas.

Rainfall in the month of September allowed the drought condition to improve to moderate (D1) drought.

A lack of substantial rainfall led to the worsening of Moderate (D1) to Severe (D2) drought across coastal Palm Beach County to Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought during the month of August.

Most of coastal Palm Beach County began the month of July in a severe (D2) drought which lingered until rainfall activity early in the month allowed slight improvement to moderate (D1) to severe (D2) drought.

Most of Coastal Palm Beach County began the month of June in a severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought which lingered until rainfall activity early in the month allowed slight improvement to moderate (D1) to severe (D2) drought. A lack of rainfall later in the month allowed the droug…

Most of coastal Palm Beach County began the month of May in a severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought which lingered until rainfall activity mid month allowed slight improvement to moderate (D1) to severe (D2) drought.

Broadcast media reported three people were rescued by lifeguards after caught in strong rip currents at Jupiter Beach, near Carlin Park.

Lack of significant rainfall led to the development and expansion of severe drought (D2) across coastal Palm Beach County, which began in March. By the end of April, the drought conditions intensified to extreme drought (D3) throughout a majority of coastal Palm Beach County. Loc…