Rip Current in Beaufort, South Carolina

Rip Current May 31, 2010 · Beaufort, South Carolina

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A Beaufort county official reported that a 9 year old boy drowned after being pulled out to sea by a rip current at Hunting Island State Park. Two members of the Lady's Island Fire Department who were involved in the search and rescue, were also caught in the rip current, but managed to escape before being pulled out to sea.

The wider storm

Moderate onshore winds in combination with long period swell, resulted in a fatal rip current along the South Carolina coast.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 235604. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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