Rip Current in Coastal Glynn, Georgia

Rip Current May 13, 2018 · Coastal Glynn, Georgia

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A man died due to a rip current after trying to rescue a woman and child from the surf.

The wider storm

A man tried to save a woman and toddler from drowning offshore of Massengale Park in St. Simons Island during the evening. The woman and child were pulled back to shore, the man never returned. The woman later died in the hospital, the child survived. A moderate risk of rip currents was in effect.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 754420. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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