Rip Current — Lafourche, Louisiana
September 22, 2002 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
2
Property damage
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Area
Lafourche
Event narrative (NOAA)
Large swells from Hurricane Isidore, located in the extreme southeast Gulf of Mexico, caused rip tide conditions along the southeast Louisiana coast. A group of people swimming off the beach at Port Fourchon were caught in a rip tide. A 41 year old man drowned.
Other notable rip current events in Louisiana
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.