Rip Current, Orange
- When
- June 4, 4:20 PM PST
- Where
- Orange County, Newport Beach
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.677, -117.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current in California, June 4, 2000
A family of five waded out into the surf and were caught in a rip current. Four were rescued, the father drowned.
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 SGX wrote it up.
A family of five waded out into the surf and were caught in a rip current. Four were rescued, the father drowned. His body was washed ashore five days later, six miles north up the coast.
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, Orange | 2000-06-04 | 39 | 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
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 4, 2000
- Rip Current in Florida, June 4, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 4 to 5, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 4, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 4, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, June 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 4, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, June 2000
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: 5151286.