Florida, 1998Rip Current in Florida, August 5, 1998
August 5, 1998 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
Open the live radar over this ground
- 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.
Rip Current, Flagler
- When
- August 5, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Flagler County, Flagler Beach
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.471, -81.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Location: Crescent Beach Boat Ramp
- 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.
- Heat in Texas, August 5, 19983 deaths · 3 events
- Rip Current in Florida, August 5, 19981 death · 1 event
- Heat in Oklahoma, August 5, 19981 death · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, August 5, 19981 injured · $1.6 million · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, August 5 to 6, 1998$1.2 million · 3 events
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, August 5, 1998$550,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, August 5, 19982 injured · $250,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, August 5, 1998$200,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, August 5, 1998$100,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 5, 1998$50,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, August 5, 1998$40,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, August 5, 1998$30,000 · 1 event
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: 5666006.