Event narrative (NOAA)
A 43 year old woman became the third person to drown on the Baldwin gulf coast in 12 days. The woman was on vacation with her family when the drowning occurred. She was pulled from the surf in front of the Beach Club on the Fort Morgan peninsula by two men but was pronounced dead on arrival to the University of South Alabama Medical Center.
Other notable rip current events in Alabama
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.