Florida, 1998Rip Current in Florida, May 17, 1998
May 17, 1998 · NWS JAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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, St. Johns
- When
- May 17, 1:00 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- St. Johns County, 3 mi N of Marineland
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.912, -81.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Rip Current in Florida, May 17, 19981 death · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 17, 19982 injured · $400,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 17, 1998$30,000 · 60 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 17, 1998$30,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 17, 19981.75 in hail · 11 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 17, 1998$5,000 · 57 kt wind · 6 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 19981.25 in hail · 5 events
- Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 19981.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail in Kansas, May 17, 19980.88 in hail · 4 events
- Hail in South Carolina, May 17, 19982.75 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 17, 1998$10,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 19981 in hail · 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: 5670493.