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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this rip current statement at Sep 23, 2011, 4:42 AM EDT. It took effect at Sep 23, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2011, 4:42 AM EDT (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 23, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2011, 8:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
070 WHUS43 KIWX 230842 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 442 AM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011 INZ003-MIZ077-231645- /O.CAN.KIWX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-110924T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KIWX.RP.S.0024.110923T2000Z-110924T1200Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 442 AM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011 /342 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT /3 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * RISK...MODERATE RISK. * WAVES...1 TO 3 FEET BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
210 WHUS43 KIWX 231445 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1045 AM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011 INZ003-MIZ077-232245- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0024.110923T2000Z-110924T1200Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 1045 AM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011 /945 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT /3 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * RISK...MODERATE RISK. * WAVES...1 TO 3 FEET. * WINDS...NORTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
149 WHUS43 KIWX 231937 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 337 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011 INZ003-MIZ077-240345- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0024.110923T2000Z-110924T1200Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 337 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011 /237 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * RISK...MODERATE RISK. * WAVES...1 TO 3 FEET. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. 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. && $$
341 WHUS43 KIWX 240035 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 835 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011 INZ003-MIZ077-240145- /O.CAN.KIWX.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-110924T1200Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 835 PM EDT FRI SEP 23 2011 /735 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... LIGHT NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT CAUSING WAVE HEIGHTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE... THUS THE MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS BEEN LOWERED TO A LOW RISK FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. REMEMBER... EVEN DURING A LOW RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... STRONG CURRENTS CAN OCCUR NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES. INEXPERIENCED SWIMMERS SHOULD HAVE A FLOTATION DEVICE WITH THEM IN THE WATER. && $$
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.