Alert archive / Indiana / Rip Current Statements in 2010
Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this rip current statement at Sep 29, 2010, 5:16 PM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Sep 30, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2010, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 30, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
Counties Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397 WHUS43 KLOT 292216 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 516 PM CDT WED SEP 29 2010 INZ001-002-300630- /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0015.101001T0100Z-101001T1200Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 516 PM CDT WED SEP 29 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE SOUTH MOVING WAVES MAY HAVE ENOUGH HEIGHT AND ENERGY TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS LATE THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 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 && $$
4 follow-up statements
829 WHUS43 KLOT 300835 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 335 AM CDT THU SEP 30 2010 INZ001-002-301645- /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0015.100930T1500Z-101001T1200Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 335 AM CDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... NORTHERLY ONSHORE FLOW TODAY MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. THE LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BEACHES IS A SEASONAL PRODUCT. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUANCES AS OF OCTOBER 1. ROUTINE ISSUANCES OF THE LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL RESUME STARTING WITH THE 2011 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && $$ LENNING
438 WHUS43 KLOT 302008 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 308 PM CDT THU SEP 30 2010 INZ001-002-010415- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-101001T1200Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 308 PM CDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... NORTHERLY ONSHORE FLOW MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 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. THE LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BEACHES IS A SEASONAL PRODUCT. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUANCES AS OF OCTOBER 1. ROUTINE ISSUANCES OF THE LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL RESUME STARTING WITH THE 2011 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. 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 && $$
309 WHUS43 KLOT 010016 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 716 PM CDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...LAKE SWIMMING SEASON HAS ENDED... .THE LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BEACHES IS A SEASONAL PRODUCT. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUANCE AS THE LAKE SWIMMING SEASON HAS ENDED. ROUTINE ISSUANCE OF THE LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL RESUME STARTING WITH THE 2011 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND CONTINUE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2011. INZ001-002-010130- /O.CAN.KLOT.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-101001T1200Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 716 PM CDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED BUT A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG NORTHWEST INDIANA BEACHES TONIGHT... THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED BECAUSE THE LAKE SWIMMING SEASON HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL STILL EXIST ALONG NORTHWEST INDIANA BEACHES TONIGHT. NORTHERLY ONSHORE FLOW MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM && THE LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BEACHES IS A SEASONAL PRODUCT. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUANCE AS OF OCTOBER 1. ROUTINE ISSUANCE OF THE LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL RESUME STARTING WITH THE 2011 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. $$
872 WHUS43 KLOT 010202 CCA CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 854 PM CDT THU SEP 30 2010 ...LAKE SWIMMING SEASON HAS ENDED... INZ001-002-010300- /O.COR.KLOT.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-101001T1200Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 854 PM CDT THU SEP 30 2010 THE LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG ILLINOIS AND INDIANA BEACHES IS A SEASONAL PRODUCT. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ADDITIONAL ISSUANCES AS OF OCTOBER 1. THE LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL RESUME BEING ISSUED AS NEEDED STARTING WITH THE 2011 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. 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 && $$
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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.