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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this rip current statement at Sep 15, 2010, 10:02 AM CDT for Lake County, Illinois; Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Sep 16, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2010, 10:02 AM CDT (15:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
Counties Lake County, IL, Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
529 WHUS43 KLOT 151502 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1002 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-152315- /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0012.100916T1500Z-100917T0900Z/ LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 1002 AM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. 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. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
7 follow-up statements
875 WHUS43 KLOT 152053 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 353 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST AND NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-160500- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0012.100916T1500Z-100917T0900Z/ LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 353 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ RATZER
544 WHUS43 KLOT 160824 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 324 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST AND NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-161630- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0012.100916T1500Z-100917T0900Z/ LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 324 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. 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. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ KREIN
612 WHUS43 KLOT 161446 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 946 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST AND NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. ILZ006-014-161600- /O.CAN.KLOT.RP.S.0012.100916T1500Z-100917T0900Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 946 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING AND CONDITIONS...HOWEVER...THE WAVE DIRECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE PREDOMINANTLY MORE PARALLEL TO THE ILLINOIS SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN...LOWERING THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ INZ001-002-162300- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0012.100916T1500Z-100917T0900Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 946 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. 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. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
960 WHUS43 KLOT 161946 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 246 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST AND NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. INZ001-002-170400- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-100917T0900Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 246 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
927 WHUS43 KLOT 170318 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1018 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST AND NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. INZ001-002-171130- /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-100917T1200Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 1018 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. 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. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
101 WHUS43 KLOT 170831 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 331 AM CDT FRI SEP 17 2010 .HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. INZ001-002-171200- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-100917T1200Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 331 AM CDT FRI SEP 17 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... LINGERING HIGH WAVES GENERATED BY THE RECENT STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$
298 WHUS43 KLOT 171216 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 716 AM CDT FRI SEP 17 2010 INZ001-002-171330- /O.EXP.KLOT.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-100917T1200Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 716 AM CDT FRI SEP 17 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... RECENT STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED...REDUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE INDIANA SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. $$ LENNING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 3:11 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 52 hr | |
| Sep 15, 3:05 PM CDT | Gale Warning | LOT | 26 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.