Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Coastal Bay
Event narrative (NOAA)
Panama City Beach police and Beach fire rescue arrived at the beach near Crane street and Front beach road in response to a distressed swimmer. The swimmer was pulled from the water shortly after 2 o'clock and later died. He was a 59 year old male from West Virginia. A 41 year old male from West Virginia was also caught in a rip current and died. Single red flags were flying at the time.
Other notable rip current events in Florida
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.