Home / Storms / South Carolina
Rip Current — Georgetown, South Carolina
May 28, 2007 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Georgetown
Event narrative (NOAA)
A young male, reportedly a non-swimmer in the water near a groin at Pawleys Island and was caught in a rip current and drowned. Over the weekend, the fire department responded to three other rip related incidents, all rescued.
Other notable rip current events in South Carolina
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.