Alert archive / Illinois / Rip Current Statements in 2010
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this rip current statement at Jun 8, 2010, 3:06 AM CDT for Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 8, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2010, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 8, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
County Lake County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
713 WHUS43 KLOT 080806 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 306 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ILZ006-014-081615- /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0003.100608T2000Z-100609T0600Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 306 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS THIS MORNING WILL STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST AND AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA ACROSS THE PLAINS TRACKS EASTWARD. THE STRENGTHENING SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL ALLOW WAVE HEIGHTS TO BUILD HIGH ENOUGH FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE ILLINOIS 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
705 WHUS43 KLOT 081505 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1005 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ILZ006-014-082315- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0003.100608T2000Z-100609T0600Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 1005 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST AND AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA ACROSS THE PLAINS TRACKS EAST. THE STRENGTHENING SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL ALLOW WAVE HEIGHTS TO BUILD HIGH ENOUGH FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... MAINLY ALONG THE ILLINOIS SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
461 WHUS43 KLOT 082022 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 322 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ILZ006-014-090430- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-100609T0600Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 322 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. THE STRENGTHENING SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL ALLOW WAVE HEIGHTS TO BUILD HIGH ENOUGH FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE ILLINOIS 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. && $$
899 WHUS43 KLOT 090259 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 959 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ILZ006-014-090600- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-100609T0600Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 959 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. THE STRENGTHENING SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH ENOUGH WAVE HEIGHTS FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE ILLINOIS SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ MARSILI
717 WHUS43 KLOT 090628 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 128 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 ILZ006-014-090730- /O.EXP.KLOT.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-100609T0600Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 128 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... WINDS AND WAVES WILL DIMINISH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THEREFORE...THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS DIMINISHED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:26 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 23 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Illinois, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.