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Rip Current — Lower Baldwin, Alabama

June 9, 2013 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
3
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Lower Baldwin

Event narrative (NOAA)

Strong rip currents developed as winds increased around scattered thunderstorms combined with strong outgoing tidal currents. Three vacationing swimmers just off the Gulf-side beaches of the Fort Morgan Peninsula became caught in strong rip currents and drowned. The swimmers were reportedly vacationing separately from Bowling Green, Kentucky, Bossier City, Louisiana, and Overland Park, Kansas. One of the victims was reportedly trying to rescue another victim.

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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.

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