Rip Current in Mackinac, Michigan

Rip Current August 15, 2009 · Mackinac, Michigan

Deaths

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 16 year old male was carried by rip currents away from the beach and out to deeper water. His 66 year old grandfather attempted a rescue, but was also overcome by waves and/or rip currents. Onlookers at the scene managed to retrieve the two, but revival attempts were unsuccessful. The two were declared dead at a St Ignace hospital. The incident occurred near the Pointe Aux Chenes sand dunes, about 10 miles northwest of St Ignace.

The wider storm

Onshore winds and significant wave action resulted in rip currents on far northern Lake Michigan beaches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 194709. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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