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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this rip current statement at Jul 23, 2011, 9:39 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2011, 9:39 AM EDT (13:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2011, 4:55 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
820 WHUS43 KIWX 231339 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 939 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011 INZ003-MIZ077-232145- /O.NEW.KIWX.RP.S.0007.110723T1339Z-110724T0000Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 939 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011 /839 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN CAUSED HIGH WAVES. WHILE THESE ARE SUBSIDING...THE RISK FOR LOCALIZED RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RISK...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * WAVES...SLOWLY SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 KNOTS 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
247 WHUS43 KIWX 232055 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 455 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011 INZ003-MIZ077-232200- /O.CAN.KIWX.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/ LA PORTE-BERRIEN- 455 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011 /355 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... * RISK...LOW. * WAVES...1 TO 2 FEET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 10 KNOTS BACKING TO THE SOUTHWEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Starke | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall, Starke | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Marshall | 53 min |
| Jul 22, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Elkhart | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 45 min |
| Jul 23, 12:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 21 min |
| Jul 23, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Noble, Whitley | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 2:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | IWX | 112 min | |
| Jul 23, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | White | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 3:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Whitley | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Kosciusko | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange | 45 min |
| Jul 23, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, Noble | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | LaGrange | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Marshall | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 6:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Saint Joseph | 119 min |
| Jul 23, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Pulaski | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 7:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Pulaski, Starke | 112 min |
| Jul 23, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Cass | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass, Saint Joseph | 40 min |
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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.