Rip Current, Broward
- When
- December 20, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Pompano Beach
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current in Florida, December 20, 1998
A Pompano Beach resident drowned in a rip current in the Atlantic off Pompano Beach while rescuing two women tourists. The tourists, who were standing on a sand bar at an unguarded beach, were treated by paramedics and released.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 2
- 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 MFL wrote it up.
A Pompano Beach resident drowned in a rip current in the Atlantic off Pompano Beach while rescuing two women tourists. The tourists, who were standing on a sand bar at an unguarded beach, were treated by paramedics and released.
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, Broward | 1998-12-20 | 34 | 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
- Ice Storm in Kansas, December 20, 1998
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in California, December 20 to 21, 1998
- Cold in California, December 20 to 27, 1998
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, December 20 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 20 to 21, 1998
- Cold in Nebraska, December 20 to 23, 1998
- High Wind in Nevada, December 20, 1998
- Ice Storm in Kansas, December 20 to 21, 1998
- Cold in Kansas, December 20 to 23, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 20 to 21, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 20, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 20 to 21, 1998
More
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, December 1998
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: 5677615.