Rip Current — Coastal Escambia, Florida
April 4, 2011 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Coastal Escambia
Event narrative (NOAA)
A Mobile resident died from drowning in a rip current in the surf off the Gulf Islands National Seashore as he pulled 3 other victims to safety.
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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.