Rip Current in Coastal Okaloosa, Florida

Rip Current June 7, 2016 · Coastal Okaloosa, Florida

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 36 year old male from Georgia was caught in a rip current near the Okaloosa Pier and drowned.

The wider storm

Tropical Storm Colin produced long period swell, rough surf, and numerous rip currents along the western Florida Panhandle Beaches from late Sunday, June 5th, through Tuesday night, June 7th. A rip current fatality occurred on Tuesday, June 7th in Okaloosa County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 628224. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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