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Rip Current — Lower Mobile, Alabama

April 9, 2015 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Lower Mobile

Event narrative (NOAA)

Two male teenagers from Mobile were swimming in waist deep water off of Dauphin Island when they were swept out by strong rip currents. Both teenagers drowned as a result.

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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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