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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this rip current statement at Jul 23, 2012, 10:17 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2012, 10:17 AM EDT (14:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
542 WHUS43 KIWX 231417 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1017 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 MIZ077-232230- /O.NEW.KIWX.RP.S.0012.120723T1417Z-120724T0000Z/ BERRIEN- 1017 AM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RISK...MODERATE RISK THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
962 WHUS43 KIWX 231933 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 333 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 MIZ077-240000- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-120724T0000Z/ BERRIEN- 333 PM EDT MON JUL 23 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RISK...MODERATE RISK THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WAVES...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
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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.