Rip Current in Galveston Island, Texas

Rip Current May 11, 2021 · Galveston Island, Texas

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 7-year-old male from St. Louis was swimming near the 37th Street Jetty and drowned in a rip current. The Galveston Beach Patrol was off duty at the time.

The wider storm

There was a rip current drowning near a jetty.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 957389. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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