Rip Current in Mobile Coastal, Alabama

Rip Current August 2, 2018 · Mobile Coastal, Alabama

Deaths

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 47 year old father and his 17 year old son, visiting from Taiwan, were swept out by a rip current off of Dauphin Island and drowned.

The wider storm

It was a deadly 4 day period of rip currents across coastal Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle. From August 1st to August 5th, six people were killed along the stretch of coast from Dauphin Island, AL to Destin, FL. 3 occurred in Alabama and 3 occurred in Florida. Numerous water rescues occurred, resulting in several people being transported to local hospitals.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 767747. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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