Rip Current in Galveston, Texas

Rip Current May 23, 2011 · Galveston, Texas

Death

Injury

What the National Weather Service wrote

A man drowned when he was taken under by a rip current off of Galveston. A woman swimming with the man was thrown onto a jetty and was injured but survived.

The wider storm

A swimmer drowned when captured by a rip current off Galveston Island.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 303904. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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