Rip Current, St. Johns
- When
- June 30, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- St. Johns County, Anastasia
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 29.912, -81.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current in Florida, June 30, 1996
An out-of-state swimmer was caught in a rip current, was rescued but later died, about 10 hours after the incident.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
An out-of-state swimmer was caught in a rip current, was rescued but later died, about 10 hours after the incident.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, St. Johns | 1996-07-01 | 32 | Male | In Water | Direct |
What these are
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, June 30, 1996
- Rip Current in California, June 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 30, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, June 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 30, 1996
- Flood in Hawaii, June 30, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 30, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, June 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 30, 1996
More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5557496.