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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this rip current statement at Aug 21, 2010, 10:55 AM EDT. It took effect at Aug 21, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2010, 10:55 AM EDT (14:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 21, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2010, 10:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
875 WHUS43 KIWX 211455 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1055 AM EDT SAT AUG 21 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-212300- /O.NEW.KIWX.RP.S.0017.100822T0000Z-100823T0300Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 1055 AM EDT SAT AUG 21 2010 /955 AM CDT SAT AUG 21 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY 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 HIGH 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
672 WHUS43 KIWX 211925 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 325 PM EDT SAT AUG 21 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-220400- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0017.100822T0000Z-100823T0300Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 325 PM EDT SAT AUG 21 2010 /225 PM CDT SAT AUG 21 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... HIGH WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
979 WHUS43 KIWX 220136 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 936 PM EDT SAT AUG 21 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-221000- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-100823T0300Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 936 PM EDT SAT AUG 21 2010 /836 PM CDT SAT AUG 21 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... HIGH WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY EVENING...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. THERE IS A HIGH 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. && $$
504 WHUS43 KIWX 220854 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 454 AM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-221700- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-100823T0300Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 454 AM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010 /354 AM CDT SUN AUG 22 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... HIGH WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THIS EVENING...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
473 WHUS43 KIWX 221505 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1105 AM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-222315- /O.EXT.KIWX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-100823T0600Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 1105 AM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010 /1005 AM CDT SUN AUG 22 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... HIGH WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. THERE IS A HIGH 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. && $$
848 WHUS43 KIWX 221906 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 306 PM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-230315- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-100823T0600Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 306 PM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010 /206 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ MONDAY... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... HIGH WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
449 WHUS43 KIWX 230255 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1055 PM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-230900- /O.EXT.KIWX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-100823T0900Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 1055 PM EDT SUN AUG 22 2010 /955 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ MONDAY... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... HIGH WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. THERE IS A HIGH 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. && $$
426 WHUS43 KIWX 230844 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 444 AM EDT MON AUG 23 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-231500- /O.EXT.KIWX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-100823T1500Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 444 AM EDT MON AUG 23 2010 /344 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... THE COAST GUARD INDICATED 5 FOOT WAVES WERE STILL OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN. THESE HIGH WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS MORNING...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
357 WHUS43 KIWX 231445 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1045 AM EDT MON AUG 23 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-231545- /O.CAN.KIWX.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-100823T1500Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 1045 AM EDT MON AUG 23 2010 /945 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE COAST GUARD INDICATED 1 TO 2 FOOT WAVES WERE STILL OCCURRING THIS MORNING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN. HOWEVER WITH WINDS AND WAVES DIMINISHING...THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS HAS LESSENED CONSIDERABLY AND THEREFORE CANCELLED. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 10:46 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 42 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Indiana, 2010Rip Current Statements in Michigan, 2010Every rip current statement in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.