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Rip Current in Galveston, Texas

Rip Current June 14, 2008 · Galveston, Texas

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Rip currents claimed the life of a twenty year old male on the northeast corner of the jetty at 17th street and Seawall Boulevard off Galveston Island.

The wider storm

Rip currents were blamed for a drowning fatality at the Galveston Island jetties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 117638. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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