Sad news just in from @NWSMobile… At 8:00 PM last evening, 2 S Fort Walton Beach [Okaloosa Co, FL] COUNTY OFFICIAL reports RIP CURRENTS. *** 1 FATAL *** AROUND 8PM, AN 18 YEAR OLD FROM MISSISSIPPI GOT CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT AND DROWNED NEAR BEACH ACCESS #7 ON OKALOOSA ISLAND.
— Spinks Megginson (@rzweather) August 2, 2018