Rip Current in Florida, April 3, 2000

Name: Rip Current in Florida, April 3, 2000
Start: 2000-04-03T15:00
End: 2000-04-03T15:05
Location: Florida

April 3, 2000 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 rip current, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 1
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

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Event by event

1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.

Rip Current, Escambia

When: April 3, 3:00 PM CST to 3:05 PM CST
Where: Escambia County, Pensacola Beach
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 30.614, -87.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A second year resident at USA Medical Center drowned while swimming in rough water off of Pensacola Beach. Friends tried to save the man, but were unable to reach him. Another person had to be rescued from the rough surf. He was taken to the hospital and later released.

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, Escambia	2000-04-03	29	Male	In Water	Direct

What these are

Rip Current: A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5140836.