Rip Current, Miami-Dade
- When
- January 3, 1:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, Miami Beach
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current in Florida, January 3, 2000
A 57-year old man was hospitalized after nearly drowning in a rip current. Thirteen other persons had to be rescued from rip currents during the afternoon with winds along Miami Beach blowing from the east at 10 to 15 mph.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
A 57-year old man was hospitalized after nearly drowning in a rip current. Thirteen other persons had to be rescued from rip currents during the afternoon with winds along Miami Beach blowing from the east at 10 to 15 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
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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- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Indiana, January 3 to 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, January 3, 2000
More
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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: 5126948.