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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this rip current statement at Sep 23, 2010, 10:27 PM EDT. It took effect at Sep 24, 2010, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2010, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2010, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2010, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
910 WHUS43 KIWX 240227 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1027 PM EDT THU SEP 23 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-241030- /O.NEW.KIWX.RP.S.0027.100924T1500Z-100925T2200Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 1027 PM EDT THU SEP 23 2010 /927 PM CDT THU SEP 23 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... WAVES BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...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. && PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
11 follow-up statements
724 WHUS43 KIWX 240951 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 551 AM EDT FRI SEP 24 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-241800- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0027.100924T1500Z-100925T2200Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 551 AM EDT FRI SEP 24 2010 /451 AM CDT FRI SEP 24 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... WAVES BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
886 WHUS43 KIWX 241336 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 936 AM EDT FRI SEP 24 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-242145- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0027.100924T1500Z-100925T2200Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 936 AM EDT FRI SEP 24 2010 /836 AM CDT FRI SEP 24 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... WAVES BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FEET WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...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. && PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
513 WHUS43 KIWX 242027 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 427 PM EDT FRI SEP 24 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-250430- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-100925T2200Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 427 PM EDT FRI SEP 24 2010 /327 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... WAVES OF 5 TO 8 FEET WILL DIMINISH TO 4 TO 7 FEET EARLY SATURDAY...AND THEN TO 3 TO 5 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
837 WHUS43 KIWX 250227 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1027 PM EDT FRI SEP 24 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-251030- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-100925T2200Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 1027 PM EDT FRI SEP 24 2010 /927 PM CDT FRI SEP 24 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... WAVES OF 5 TO 8 FEET WILL DIMINISH TO 4 TO 7 FEET EARLY SATURDAY...AND THEN TO 3 TO 5 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
585 WHUS43 KIWX 250838 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 438 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-251645- /O.EXT.KIWX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-100926T0100Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 438 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 /338 AM CDT SAT SEP 25 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... POUNDING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 TODAY WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH TO AROUND 3 FEET BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
427 WHUS43 KIWX 250918 CCA CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 518 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-251745- /O.COR.KIWX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-100926T0100Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 518 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 /418 AM CDT SAT SEP 25 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... POUNDING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TODAY WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH TO AROUND 3 FEET BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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. && PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
939 WHUS43 KIWX 251306 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 906 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-252115- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-100926T0100Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 906 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 /806 AM CDT SAT SEP 25 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... POUNDING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TODAY WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH TO AROUND 3 FEET BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
348 WHUS43 KIWX 252025 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 425 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-260430- /O.EXT.KIWX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-100926T1300Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 425 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 /325 PM CDT SAT SEP 25 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 4 FEET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
885 WHUS43 KIWX 260249 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1049 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-261100- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-100926T1300Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 1049 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010 /949 PM CDT SAT SEP 25 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ SUNDAY... WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 4 FEET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
854 WHUS43 KIWX 260920 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 520 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-261500- /O.EXT.KIWX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-100926T1500Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 520 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2010 /420 AM CDT SUN SEP 26 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING... WAVES OF 4 TO 5 FEET WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TO 3 TO 4 FEET BY LATE MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF OBSTRUCTIONS SUCH AS PIERS AND SANDBARS. 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. && PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
672 WHUS43 KIWX 261455 CFWIWX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1055 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2010 INZ003-MIZ077-261600- /O.EXP.KIWX.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-100926T1500Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 1055 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2010 /955 AM CDT SUN SEP 26 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING... WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED TO 1 TO 2 FEET AS NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE RELAXED ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. RIP CURRENT RISK HAS DECREASED AND WILL THEREFORE BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. && PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 4:21 PM EDT | Gale Warning | IWX | 4 hr | |
| Sep 24, 4:21 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | IWX | 43 hr |
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Rip Current Statements in Michigan, 2010Rip Current Statements in Indiana, 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.