Rip Current in Coastal Horry, South Carolina

Rip Current July 7, 2011 · Coastal Horry, South Carolina

Deaths

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two men, 41 year old Jeffrey Dinkins, and 42 year old Johnny Ward, died in a rip current while attempting to rescue a six year girl. Two other people were involved and were rescued by an Horry County officer.

The wider storm

Two men drowned in a rip current while attempting to save a six year old child.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 338241. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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