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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this rip current statement at Jun 9, 2011, 9:56 AM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Jun 9, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2011, 9:56 AM CDT (14:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 9, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2011, 4:10 AM 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 14:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 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
- 2009 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
734 WHUS43 KLOT 091456 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 956 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 INZ001-002-092300- /O.CAN.KLOT.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110610T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0002.110609T1800Z-110610T0200Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 956 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CREATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 && $$ ILZ006-014-091600- /O.CAN.KLOT.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-110610T1200Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 956 AM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... WINDS AND WAVES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS SHORE. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM $$
2 follow-up statements
661 WHUS43 KLOT 092026 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 326 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 INZ001-002-100430- /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110610T1100Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 326 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL WAVES TO 8 FT WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 $$
062 WHUS43 KLOT 100910 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 410 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 INZ001-002-101015- /O.CAN.KLOT.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110610T1100Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 410 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake, Porter | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 6:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 9:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Jasper, Lake, Porter | 2 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LOT | Lake | 46 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Jasper, Lake, Porter | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:14 PM CDT | River Flood Advisory | LOT | Lake | 9 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LOT | Lake, Porter | 17 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LOT | Lake, Porter | 24 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.