Rip Current in Coastal Escambia, Florida

Rip Current March 15, 2011 · Coastal Escambia, Florida

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A Texas man who was pulled unconscious from the surf east of Portofino Island Resort on Pensacola Beach died after being airlifted to Gulf Breeze Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.

The wider storm

Strong southerly onshore winds produce dangerous rip currents at the beaches along northwest Florida.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 296763. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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