Rip Current in Central Coast, Washington

Rip Current July 26, 2014 · Central Coast, Washington

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A group of eight people were caught in a rip current near Ocean Shores. All escaped to shore but one went back in to help others, was swept out to sea, became missing after a US Coast Guard and other authority search, and presumed dead.

The wider storm

A group of eight people were caught in a rip current near Ocean Shores. They all eventually escaped to shore, but one person went back in to the water to help others. He was then swept out to sea and became missing, presumed drowned.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 523476. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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