Rip Current in Georgetown, South Carolina

Rip Current May 28, 2007 · Georgetown, South Carolina

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A young male, reportedly a non-swimmer in the water near a groin at Pawleys Island and was caught in a rip current and drowned. Over the weekend, the fire department responded to three other rip related incidents, all rescued.

The wider storm

A young male drowned as a result of a rip current at Pawleys Island.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 35434. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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