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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this rip current statement at Aug 8, 2010, 4:46 AM EDT. It took effect at Aug 8, 2010, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2010, 4:46 AM EDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 8, 2010, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2010, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
304 WHUS43 KIWX 080846 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 446 AM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010 MIZ077-081700- /O.NEW.KIWX.RP.S.0014.100808T1000Z-100809T0200Z/ BERRIEN- 446 AM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... HIGH WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
2 follow-up statements
634 WHUS43 KIWX 081446 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1046 AM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010 MIZ077-082000- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-100809T0200Z/ BERRIEN- 1046 AM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HIGH WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ JC
149 WHUS43 KIWX 082005 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 405 PM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010 MIZ077-090200- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-100809T0200Z/ BERRIEN- 405 PM EDT SUN AUG 8 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HIGH WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.