Rip Current, Porter
- When
- August 29, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Porter County, 3 mi W of Beverly Shrs
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 41.509, -87.073 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current in Indiana, August 29, 1999
1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
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, Porter | 1999-08-29 | 19 | 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
- Hurricane in Florida, August 29, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, August 29, 1999
- Coastal Flood and Rip Current in Delaware, August 29 to 31, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, August 29, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 29, 1999
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 29, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, August 29, 1999
- Wildfire in California, August 29 to 31, 1999
- Wildfire in California, August 29 to 30, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, August 29, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 29, 1999
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, August 1999
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: 5714286.