Rip Current in Okaloosa Coastal, Florida

Rip Current August 5, 2018 · Okaloosa Coastal, Florida

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 50 year old male from Little Elm, Texas was caught in a rip current while trying to save his two children in the surf. He was pulled from the water and transported to a local hospital where he later died.

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 767805. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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