Strong northeast winds persisting between a coastal trough and high pressure along with astronomical influences led to a moderate risk of rip currents along the Southeast Georgia coast.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS CHS wrote it up.
Strong northeast winds persisting between a coastal trough and high pressure along with astronomical influences led to a moderate risk of rip currents along the Southeast Georgia coast.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
The Tybee Island Fire Department reported one male in his late 30s drowning due to a rip current near 19th Street along the southern end of Tybee Island, Georgia.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Coastal Chatham | 2020-10-18 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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