Rip Current in Coastal Pender, North Carolina

Rip Current June 22, 2013 · Coastal Pender, North Carolina

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A Greensboro man vacationing with his wife and children drowned due to a rip current near the 900 block at the south end of Topsail Beach, about 500 feet from where he initially went into the water. A moderate risk for rip currents was forecast at the time.

The wider storm

A man vacationing with his family at Topsail Beach got caught in a rip current and drowned.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 463897. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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