A teen from Lakewood drowned on the 14th off Sunset Beach. , 19, was pulled from the water by Huntington Beach city lifeguards and transported to Huntington Beach Hospital, where he died around 1821 PST, according to the Orange County coroner.
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The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
A teen from Lakewood drowned on the 14th off Sunset Beach. Damian Frierson Jr., 19, was pulled from the water by Huntington Beach city lifeguards and transported to Huntington Beach Hospital, where he died around 1821 PST, according to the Orange County coroner. It took about 25 lifeguards, 15 from the city and additional units from Bolsa Chica State Beach and Seal Beach, about 47 minutes to locate Frierson, who was found submerged in about 10 to 15 feet of water. At about 1643 PST, a lifeguard on duty told Frierson and two women with him to get out of the water because of the currents. A guard saw one of the women on shore yelling that her friends needed help and that he other woman was still in the rip current. CPR was initiated after Frierson was brought back to shore. It was the first drowning in Huntington Beach and Sunset Beach this year. Lifeguard reports from 4 PM that day at Huntington Beach reported surf of 4 feet, and reports from Surfline surf observers reported surf of 2-3 feet at 12:50 PM that afternoon. At around the time of the incident, the SIO (Scripps Institute of Oceanography) San Pedro Buoy reported a dominant 1.3 foot West swell at 15 seconds and the SIO Dana Point buoy reported a dominant 1.6 foot West-southwest swell at 17 seconds. Huntington Beach lifeguards reported 2-3 foot surf with no rip currents at 1030 PST on Sun April 13, and 2-3 foot surf with strong rip currents at 1530 PST on Tues April 15. No rip current report was sent out on the day of the incident (Mon April 14) for Huntington Beach, though it was later confirmed by lifeguards that a rip current was responsible.
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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 14, 1:00 PM PST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 200 PM PDT MON APR 14 2014 .SYNOPSIS... CONTINUED FAIR AND WARM INLAND ON TUESDAY...WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES NEAR THE COAST WILL MODERATE AS THE SEABREEZE DEVELOPS EARLIER IN THE DAY. ONSHORE FLOW STRENGTHENS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH LOWER TEMPERATURES...INCREASING NIGHT AND MORNING COASTAL LOW CLOUDS AND FOG...AND PERIODS OF GUSTY WEST WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS. CONTINUED COOL AND PARTLY CLOUDY FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH SMALL CHANCES FOR LIGHT PRECIPITATION. FAIR AND WARM AGAIN FOR NEXT SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH MARINE LAYER CLOUDS AND FOG DURING THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES... THE OFFSHORE FLOW IS WEAKENING THIS AFTERNOON WITH SFC PRESSURE GRADIENTS -5.8 MB SAN-TPH. STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY...BUT MOST LOCATIONS ARE NOW GUSTING IN THE 30-35 MPH RANGE. NOT QUITE AS WARM FOR TUE AS THE UPPER RIDGE IS WEAKENED AND DEFORMED BY A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING INLAND ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE TROUGH WILL ALSO DISPLACE THE SFC HIGH SEWD INTO THE GREAT PLAINS...EFFECTIVELY ENDING THE OFFSHORE FLOW. THIS WILL ALLOW THE SEABREEZE TO MODERATE TEMPERATURES NEAR THE COAST...BUT PORTIONS OF THE INLAND VALLEYS COULD STILL SEE DAYTIME HIGH TEMPS IN THE 80S. DAYTIME TEMPS WILL BE CLOSER TO SEASONAL AVERAGES ON WED AND THU AS ONSHORE FLOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED AND A COASTAL EDDY DEVELOPS. THIS WILL BRING A RETURN OF MARINE LAYER LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO THE COASTAL AREAS AND WESTERN INLAND VALLEYS DURING THE NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. THE STRENGTHENING ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALSO BRING GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE MTNS AND ADJACENT DESERTS TUE NIGHT INTO WED. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE PAC NW...BUT IT WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON SOCAL AS WE BEGIN TO COME UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND OVER SOCAL AND NRN BAJA FRI THROUGH SAT. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE MARINE LAYER CLOUDS AND FOG OVER THE COASTAL AREAS AND INLAND VALLEYS...WITH SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. THE LOW WILL ALSO BRING MORE MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS AND MAY ALSO HAVE ENOUGH DYNAMICS TO GENERATE SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE LACK OF MOISTURE IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...LITTLE IF ANY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE GROUND. MODEL SOLUTIONS CONTINUE TO DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER SATURDAY...BUT CONDITIONS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE FAIR AND WARM...WITH SOME NIGHT AND MORNING COASTAL LOW CLOUDS AND FOG FOR SUNDAY AND MON. && .AVIATION... 142025Z...WEAKENING OFFSHORE WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT ISOLATED POCKETS OF LLWS MAY OCCUR SOUTH AND WEST OF MOUNTAIN SLOPES THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS COULD GUST TO 35 MPH ACROSS MOUNTAIN RIDGES AS WELL AS THROUGH AND BELOW MOUNTAIN PASSES. LOCALLY MODERATE UPDRAFTS AND DOWNDRAFTS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. OTHERWISE...GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES AND UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITIES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUESDAY. CONFIDENCE IN THE TAFS KEEPING THE LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WEST OF THE COASTAL AIRPORTS IS MODERATE. && .MARINE... AN INCREASE IN NORTHWEST WINDS IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND NORTHWEST SWELLS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND DECREASE THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT MARINE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. && .SKYWARN... SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED. HOWEVER WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CA...NONE. PZ...NONE. && PUBLIC...PG AVIATION/MARINE...SMALL
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A teen from Lakewood drowned off Sunset Beach. Damian Frierson Jr., 19, was pulled from the water by Huntington Beach city lifeguards and transported to Huntington Beach Hospital, where he died at around 1821 PST. Drowning due to rip currents was suspected, and later confirmed to be the cause of death.
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 County Coastal Areas | 2014-04-14 | 19 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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