Alert archive / Indiana / Rip Current Statements in 2010
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this rip current statement at Jul 25, 2010, 3:32 AM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Jul 25, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2010, 3:32 AM CDT (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 25, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 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 08:35 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 00:00Z, 8.5 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
839 WHUS43 KLOT 250832 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 332 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2010 ILZ014-INZ001-002-251645- /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0004.100725T1200Z-100725T2200Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 332 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE FORECASTED TO OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. DURING THIS TIME FRAME...WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD AND A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORELINES 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. && $$ BMD
3 follow-up statements
238 WHUS43 KLOT 251555 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1055 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2010 ILZ014-INZ001-002-260000- /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-100726T0300Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 1055 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. DURING THIS TIME FRAME...WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD AND A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORELINES OF LAKE MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ BEACHLER
613 WHUS43 KLOT 252213 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 513 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 2010 ILZ014-INZ001-002-260300- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-100726T0300Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 513 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. DURING THIS TIME FRAME...LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUE WITH A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALSO CONTINUING ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORELINES 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. && $$
683 WHUS43 KLOT 260303 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1003 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 2010 ILZ014-INZ001-002-260415- /O.EXP.KLOT.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-100726T0300Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 1003 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AND TURN MORE EASTERLY BY MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. WAVES WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Jasper, Newton | 34 min |
| Jul 24, 7:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Jasper | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake, Porter | 56 min |
| Jul 24, 11:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake, Porter | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 13 min |
| Jul 25, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Grundy, Will | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 10:20 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 21 hr | |
| Jul 25, 10:22 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Bureau, LaSalle | 25 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.