California, 2019Rip Current in California, October 4, 2019
October 4, 2019 · NWS MTR · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A swimmer was found dead off of Land's Beach in San Francisco. Search and rescue by helicopter and boat were unsuccessful.
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- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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A swimmer was found dead off of Land's Beach in San Francisco. Search and rescue by helicopter and boat were unsuccessful.
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 San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 4, 3:23 PM PST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 3:23 PM PST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>Rip Current, San Francisco
- When
- October 4, 7:15 PM PST to 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- San Francisco forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 37.778, -122.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 24 year old swimmer was found dead off Land's Beach in San Francisco. The swimmer was first reported missing after swimming into the water near Mile Rock Beach. Search and rescue by helicopter and boat on Friday were unsuccessful.
- Rip Current
- A narrow, fast current flowing away from the beach that caused a drowning or rescue.
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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: 856591.