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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this rip current statement at Jun 5, 2010, 4:54 PM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Jun 6, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2010, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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
- 2752 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
544 WHUS43 KLOT 052154 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 454 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 INZ001-002-060600- /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0002.100606T1200Z-100607T0000Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 454 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING SUNDAY EVENING. DURING THIS TIME FRAME...WAVES WILL BUILD HIGH ENOUGH FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DURING MUCH OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY ALONG THE INDIANA SHORE 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
431 WHUS43 KLOT 061610 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1110 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010 INZ001-002-070000- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100607T0000Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 1110 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... MODERATE NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. WAVES WILL BE BIG ENOUGH TO PRESENT A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE INDIANA SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
188 WHUS43 KLOT 062110 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 410 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010 INZ001-002-070000- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100607T0000Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 410 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... MODERATE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... AND THEN DIMINISH BY DARK. WAVES WILL BE LARGE ENOUGH TO PRESENT A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH 7 PM ALONG THE INDIANA SHORE 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Newton | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 9:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake, Newton | 12 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.