Rip Current, Eastern Monmouth
- When
- July 24, 7:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Monmouth forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rip Current in New Jersey, July 24, 2007
An eight-year-old boy drowned while playing in the ocean during the evening of the 24th after getting caught in a rip current just north of the Newark Avenue Jetty in Bradley Beach Borough. He was in waist high water when he was swept away.
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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 PHI wrote it up.
An eight-year-old boy drowned while playing in the ocean during the evening of the 24th after getting caught in a rip current just north of the Newark Avenue Jetty in Bradley Beach Borough. He was in waist high water when he was swept away. A woman alerted lifeguards who were participating in a tournament about 300 yards away from where the biy became trapped by the rip current. They formed a human chain and his body was pulled from the ocean approximately 30 minutes after the search began.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 24, 2:32 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:32 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 332 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007 .SYNOPSIS... ALTHOUGH HIGH PRESSURE WILL GENERALLY COVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY, AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST WILL KEEP CIRCULATING WEAK DISTURBANCES THROUGH THE REGION. THESE DISTURBANCES COULD TRIGGER AFTERNOON OR EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. ON FRIDAY, THE UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOWLY SHIFT TO THE EAST EVENTUALLY PULLING A COLD FRONT INTO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL THEN SAG SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH CROSSING THE REGION TO THE NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA ON SUNDAY AND TO THE SOUTH ON SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES WAS CREATING SHOWERS AND TSTMS OVER MARYLAND FROM N OF BWI DOWN THROUGH THE WESTERN SHORE OF CHESAPEAKE BAY. THESE SHOWERS AND TSTMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH BUT HAD A SLIGHT EASTWARD MOTION TO THEM AS THEY DEVELOP AND MOVE WITH THE UPPER SHORT WAVE AND FLOW. DUE TO THIS I CARRIED A SLIGHT CHC OF A SHOWER OR TSTM IN CHESTER AND BERKS COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AS IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL BE THE ONLY AREAS AFFECTED. ELSEWHERE, I EXPECT DRY WEATHER WITH JUST SOME THIN CIRRUS WITH ANY SC/CU DISSIPATING AFTER SUNSET. ANY SHWRS AND TSTMS THAT DO MAKE IT INTO THE AREA SHOULD ALSO DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. MAV MINS WERE GENLY OK. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL HAVE A DIURNAL TREND TO THE WEATHER. THERE WILL BE A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE THROUGH THE DAY, BUT IN THE AFTERNOON CU AND SC SHOULD FORM BOTH DAYS. THE TRACK OF ANY SHORT WAVES ALOFT WILL DETERMINE WHERE ANY SHOWERS OR TSTMS FORM. CURRENT TRENDS LOOK LIKE AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST HAVE A BETTER CHC OF TSTMS THAN TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. AFTER SUNSET, ANY CONVECTION SHOULD DISSIPATE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. A BLEND OF NUMERICAL GUIDANCE WAS GENERALLY USED. THE MAV WERE MUCH WARMER THAN THE MET ON THURSDAY, BUT CONSIDERING THE 1000-850 THCKNS AND THE THREAT OF CONVECTION, IT WAS DECIDED TO KEEP TEMPS BELOW 90. HOWEVER, SINCE WE WILL BE IN A CONTINUED ON SHORE FLOW FROM OVER RELATIVELY WARM WATER TEMPS, THE DEWPOINTS WILL COME UP WELL INTO THE 60S WITH LOW 70S CLOSER TO THE COAST, MEANING IT WILL BE GETTING MORE HUMID. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE DIURNAL TREND TO SHOWERS AND TSTMS SHOULD CONTINUE THURSDAY EVENING WITH ANY PCPN DISSIPATING AT NIGHT. ON FRIDAY...WARM AND HUMID AIR WILL COVER THE REGION, AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH BRINGING SOME COOLER AIR IN ALOFT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL DESTABILIZATION TO THE AIRMASS. THIS MEANS SCT SHWRS AND TSTMS SHOULD DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE REGION, WITH THE MOST LIKELY TIME IN THE AFTN/EVENING WHEN DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALSO ASSIST DEVELOPMENT. ON SATURDAY, THE COLD FRONT DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NW WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL TRIGGER FOR SHWRS AND TSTMS. THE FRONT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND JUST REACH THE POCONOS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND FINALLY MAKING IT THROUGH DELAWARE EARLY MONDAY MORNING. EVEN THOUGH THE FRONT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE SOUTH OF THE AREA, SHOWERS COULD LINGER EVEN AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH SINCE THE HIGH BUILDING IN BEHIND THE FRONT APPEARS WEAK. && .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS. FIRST, THERE ARE A FEW SHOWERS MOVING NORTH THROUGH LANCASTER COUNTY WHICH COULD BRIEFLY CLIP KRDG THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. SECOND, WITH INCREASED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BY MORNING, WE COULD SEE SOME MVFR VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. BEYOND THE FORECAST PERIOD, THERE WILL BE A INCREASING CHANCE FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH EACH PASSING DAY. THERE MAY ALSO BE EARLY MORNING VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS AS DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO INCREASE. && .MARINE... AFTER SOME GALES YESTERDAY, WERE BACK TO ISSUING A BENIGN COASTAL WATERS FORECAST. WITH ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD, A FAIRLY LIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. YESTERDAY, MODELS HAD OUR NEXT UPSTREAM COLD FRONT CROSSING THE REGION ON SATURDAY. TODAY, ITS ON SUNDAY. THIS IS NOT SURPRISING SINCE THE CLOSED LOW OUT AHEAD OF IT STILL HAS TO OPEN UP. NO HEADLINES WILL BE ISSUED WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. && .PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NJ...NONE. DE...NONE. MD...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RNS NEAR TERM...RNS SHORT TERM...RNS LONG TERM...RNS AVIATION...RK MARINE...RK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 4:30 AM EST, 14 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 530 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007 DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-027- PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-250930- NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT- CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 530 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHERN DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...EASTERN MARYLAND...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ430-431-450>455-250930- DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- 530 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND DELAWARE BAY WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-250930- DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 530 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE MODERATE THIS MORNING. THE RISK SHOULD DECREASE TO LOW LATER TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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, Eastern Monmouth | 2007-07-24 | 8 | 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
- Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 24 to 25, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Texas, July 24, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 24, 2007
- Flash Flooding in Utah, July 24, 2007
- Drought in Virginia, July 24 to 31, 2007
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 24, 2007
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 24, 2007
- Hail in Minnesota, July 24, 2007
- Drought in Maryland, July 24 to 31, 2007
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Texas, July 24 to 28, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 24, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 24, 2007
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, July 2007
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: 50325.