Alert archive / Illinois / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this rip current statement at Jun 14, 2011, 3:14 PM CDT for Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 15, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2011, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 5:19 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
County Lake County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
234 WHUS43 KLOT 142014 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 314 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ILZ006-014-150415- /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0003.110615T1200Z-110616T0000Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 314 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR SWIMMERS. 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. 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 && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
1 follow-up statement
007 WHUS43 KLOT 151019 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 519 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ILZ006-014-151130- /O.CAN.KLOT.RP.S.0003.110615T1200Z-110616T0000Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 519 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE FAVORABLE FOR RIP CURRENT DEVELOPMENT TODAY ALONG THE ILLINOIS LAKE SHORE. $$ 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:02 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 28 hr |
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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.