Alert archive / Indiana / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this rip current statement at Jul 13, 2011, 3:43 AM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Jul 13, 2011, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2011, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 13, 2011, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 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 08:47 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, 8.7 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
- 574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
780 WHUS43 KLOT 130843 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 343 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... INZ001-002-131645- /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0005.110713T1100Z-110714T0600Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 343 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...UNTIL THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...INCREASED THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
4 follow-up statements
642 WHUS43 KLOT 131322 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 822 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING... INZ001-002-132130- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-110714T0600Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 822 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH THE DAY UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...INCREASED THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE INDIANA SHORELINE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
358 WHUS43 KLOT 132029 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 329 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING... INZ001-002-140430- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-110714T0600Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 329 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...INCREASED THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE INDIANA SHORELINE. 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. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
039 WHUS43 KLOT 140434 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1134 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING... INZ001-002-140600- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-110714T0600Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 1134 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. * IMPACTS...INCREASED THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE INDIANA SHORELINE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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
342 WHUS43 KLOT 140557 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1257 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 INZ001-002-140700- /O.EXP.KLOT.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-110714T0600Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 1257 AM CDT THU JUL 14 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH...ALLOWING WAVES TO SUBSIDE AND THE RIP CURRENT RISK TO DIMINISH. $$ 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
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.