Rip Current, Humacao
- When
- February 8, 8:00 AM AST to 8:30 AM AST
- Where
- Humacao County, Luquillo
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Rip Current in Puerto Rico, February 8, 1999
A tourist in Luquillo beach drowned as a consequence of strong rip currents.
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 SJU wrote it up.
A tourist in Luquillo beach drowned as a consequence of strong rip currents.
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, Humacao | 1999-02-08 | 64 | 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
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 8, 1999
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 8 to 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 8 to 9, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, February 8 to 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 8 to 10, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, February 8, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, February 8, 1999
- Flood in Indiana, February 8, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 8 to 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 8 to 9, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 8, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, February 8 to 9, 1999
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, February 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: 5687893.