Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Bay
Event narrative (NOAA)
A three-year-old girl swimming at St Andrews State Park near Panama City Beach drowned in a rip current. The girl was floating on a raft with an 18-year-old girl when the rough current flipped the raft and both girls were pulled into the channel. The older girl was rescued by a Good Samaritan. Three U.S. Navy divers joined the Coast Guard in the rescue effort for the little girl. Reported by the Associated Press.
Other notable rip current events in Florida
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.