Alert archive / Indiana / Rip Current Statements in 2010
Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this rip current statement at Aug 24, 2010, 3:37 AM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Aug 25, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2010, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2010, 9:08 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 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 08:38 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, 8.6 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
- 1769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102 WHUS43 KLOT 240837 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 337 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING A SHIFT TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES. THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. ILZ014-INZ001-002-241645- /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0008.100825T0600Z-100826T1500Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 337 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING A SHIFT TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES. THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE AND PORTER COUNTY SHORELINE IN INDIANA. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY SHORELINE IN ILLINOIS. 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 $$
10 follow-up statements
784 WHUS43 KLOT 241457 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 957 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING A SHIFT TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES. THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. ILZ014-INZ001-002-242300- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0008.100825T0600Z-100826T1500Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 957 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING A SHIFT TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES. THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE AND PORTER COUNTY SHORELINE IN INDIANA. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY SHORELINE IN ILLINOIS. 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 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 $$
320 WHUS43 KLOT 241508 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1008 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING A SHIFT TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES. THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. ILZ014-INZ001-002-242315- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0008.100825T0600Z-100826T1500Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 1008 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING A SHIFT TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES. THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE AND PORTER COUNTY SHORELINE IN INDIANA. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY SHORELINE IN ILLINOIS. 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=RCVTECCH $$
066 WHUS43 KLOT 241957 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 257 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING A SHIFT TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES. THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. ILZ014-INZ001-002-250400- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0008.100825T0600Z-100826T1500Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 257 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING A SHIFT TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES. THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE AND PORTER COUNTY SHORELINE IN INDIANA. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY SHORELINE IN ILLINOIS. 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=RCVTECCH $$
639 WHUS43 KLOT 250246 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 946 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS LATE EVENING BRINGING A SHIFT TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES. THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. ILZ014-INZ001-002-251100- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0008.100825T0600Z-100826T1500Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 946 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING A SHIFT TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES. THIS COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE AND PORTER COUNTY SHORELINE IN INDIANA. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY SHORELINE IN ILLINOIS. 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=RCVTECCH 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 $$
597 WHUS43 KLOT 250839 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 339 AM CDT WED AUG 25 2010 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... .A COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. ILZ014-INZ001-002-251645- /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-100827T0300Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 339 AM CDT WED AUG 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE AND PORTER COUNTY SHORELINE IN INDIANA. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY SHORELINE IN ILLINOIS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCH $$
320 WHUS43 KLOT 252158 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 458 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2010 ...LARGE WAVES AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... .A COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. ILZ014-INZ001-002-260600- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-100827T0300Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 458 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE AND PORTER COUNTY SHORELINE IN INDIANA. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY SHORELINE IN ILLINOIS. 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=RCVTECCH 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 $$
892 WHUS43 KLOT 252224 CCA CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 458 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2010 ...LARGE WAVES AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... .A COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. ILZ014-INZ001-002-260600- /O.COR.KLOT.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-100827T0300Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 458 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE AND PORTER COUNTY SHORELINE IN INDIANA. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY SHORELINE IN ILLINOIS. 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=RCVTECCH $$
000 WHUS43 KLOT 260237 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 937 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2010 ...LARGE WAVES AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... .A COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. ILZ014-INZ001-002-261045- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-100827T0300Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 937 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL BRING AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE AND PORTER COUNTY SHORELINE IN INDIANA. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY SHORELINE IN ILLINOIS. 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=RCVTECCH $$
797 WHUS43 KLOT 260815 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 315 AM CDT THU AUG 26 2010 ...LARGE WAVES AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING... .A COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUE AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. ILZ014-INZ001-002-261615- /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-100826T2100Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 315 AM CDT THU AUG 26 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... A COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUE AN INCREASED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES IN INDIANA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LAKE AND PORTER COUNTY SHORELINE IN INDIANA. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY SHORELINE IN ILLINOIS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCH $$
116 WHUS43 KLOT 261408 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 908 AM CDT THU AUG 26 2010 ILZ014-INZ001-002-261515- /O.CAN.KLOT.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-100826T2100Z/ COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 908 AM CDT THU AUG 26 2010 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED AND THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS HAS DECREASED. && 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 $$ IZZI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:20 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 54 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Indiana, 2010Rip 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.