Rip Current — Lower Baldwin, Alabama

2017-04-04 · Lower Baldwin, Alabama

Event narrative

A 50 year old man from Louisville drowned when he and his wife tried to rescue his daughter and another child who were caught in a rip current. The two children and the wife were transported by ambulance to the hospital, treated, and released.

Wider weather episode

Dangerous surf and rip current conditions along coastal Alabama resulted in one fatality.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 730484. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.