Rip Current in Coastal Chatham, Georgia

Rip Current June 18, 2016 · Coastal Chatham, Georgia

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A Tybee Island lifeguard confirmed 1 drowning from a rip current off of Tybee Island Beach.

The wider storm

Strong high pressure building from the north and offshore low pressure helped produce a strong northeast wind ahead of an approaching full moon. These conditions produced an elevated risk of rip currents along the Southeast Georgia coast.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 646936. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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