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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1240 AM EDT FRI JUL 26 2024
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0200 PM RIP CURRENTS 7 W DEER PARK 46.68N 85.76W
07/24/2024 LUCE MI LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 1 FATAL ***
A 14-YEAR OLD TOLEDO, OH BOY DROWNED
WEDNESDAY IN LAKE SUPERIOR AFTER BEING
CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT AT A BEACH NEAR THE
LAKE SUPERIOR STATE FOREST CAMPGROUND. A
15-YEAR-OLD WAS ALSO CAUGHT IN THE RIP
CURRENT BUT WAS ABLE TO SWIM TO THE SAFETY
OF SHALLOW WATER. THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE
DIVE TEAM RECOVERED THE BODY OF THE 14-YEAR
OLD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER BEING NOTIFIED
OF THE DROWNING BY THE LUCE COUNTY SHERIFF.
PERSISTENT NORTHERLY WINDS BUILT WAVES TO 4
TO 5 FEET AT THE TIME OF THE DROWNING AND
HINDERED SEARCH AND RECOVERY EFFORTS ON
WEDNESDAY. THE COAST GUARD, LUCE COUNTY
SHERIFF AND MICHIGAN DNR CONSERVATION
OFFICERS CONDUCTED A SEARCH BY BOAT AND
HELICOPTER UNTIL DUSK WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE
SEARCH CONTINUED ON THURSDAY WITH ADDITIONAL
AID FROM THE MSP DIVE AND DRONE TEAM.
JV
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