Rip Current in Coastal Okaloosa, Florida

Rip Current April 10, 2009 · Coastal Okaloosa, Florida

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Joseph Jones, a 39 year old from Riverdale, Georgia, was pronounced dead at the hospital after being caught in a strong rip current at Destin Beach around 5 PM CDT. He entered the surf to help two young girls that were caught in the rip current.

The wider storm

Strong rip currents along the Florida Panhandle beaches cause drowning deaths along Okaloosa County beaches in the Destin area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 200126. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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