Rip Current, Queens
- When
- August 24, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Queens County, Rockaway Beach
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.658, -73.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current in New York, August 24, 1998
A 42 year old man died in heavy surf caused by distant Hurricane Bonnie off Rockaway Beach in Queens.
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 OKX wrote it up.
A 42 year old man died in heavy surf caused by distant Hurricane Bonnie off Rockaway Beach in Queens.
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, Queens | 1998-08-24 | 42 | 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
- Flash Flood and Hail in New York, August 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 24, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 24, 1998
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Illinois, August 24, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 24, 1998
- Flooding in Texas, August 24 to 25, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 24, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Maine, August 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 24, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 24, 1998
More
Every storm in New York in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, August 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: 5661442.