Rip Current, Broward
- When
- May 15, 12:00 AM EST to May 16, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Ft Lauderdale
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Currents in Florida, May 15 to 16, 1998
A stalled low pressure system well offshore the Florida northeast coast resulted in moderate northeast swells over the coastal waters of southeast Florida. Beaches were closed with no deaths or injuries reported.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 stalled low pressure system well offshore the Florida northeast coast resulted in moderate northeast swells over the coastal waters of southeast Florida. Beaches were closed with no deaths or injuries reported. Lifeguards confirmed rip current conditions with the largest swells about 5 feet in Palm Beach County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Rip Current, Miami-Dade
- When
- May 15, 12:00 AM EST to May 16, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, Miami Beach
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current, Palm Beach
- When
- May 15, 12:00 AM EST to May 16, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, Palm Beach
- Coordinates
- 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 15, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flood in Iowa, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15 to 18, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 15, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
- High Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 15, 1998
More
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, May 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: 5641317, 5641318, 5641319.