Rip Current in Coastal Okaloosa, Florida

Rip Current April 4, 2017 · Coastal Okaloosa, Florida

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 49 year old Georgia man drowned after he was swept away by a rip current while trying to help his daughter and friend who were struggling in the surf.

The wider storm

Dangerous surf and rip current conditions along the northwest Florida panhandle beaches resulted in one fatality.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 682675. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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