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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Northern Indiana

August 17, 2010

NWS Northern Indiana issued this rip current statement at Aug 17, 2010, 3:58 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2010, 3:58 AM EDT (07:58 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2010, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

900 
WHUS43 KIWX 170758
CFWIWX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
358 AM EDT TUE AUG 17 2010

MIZ077-171800-
/O.NEW.KIWX.RP.S.0016.100817T0758Z-100817T1800Z/
BERRIEN-
358 AM EDT TUE AUG 17 2010

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

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. 

&&

$$

JC

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Sources

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