Rip Current in Horry, South Carolina

Rip Current May 23, 2009 · Horry, South Carolina

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

An east wind and a strong easterly swell caused strong rip currents to occur near Myrtle Beach. A woman swimming near the 68th Avenue North beach access got caught in a rip current and drowned.

The wider storm

Strong easterly swells contributed to a rip related death.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 171579. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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