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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this rip current statement at Jul 25, 2012, 3:38 PM EDT. It took effect at Jul 26, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2012, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 26, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
559 WHUS43 KIWX 251938 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 338 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 MIZ077-260345- /O.NEW.KIWX.RP.S.0013.120726T0400Z-120726T1600Z/ BERRIEN- 338 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * RISK...MODERATE RISK THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET SUBSIDING TO 1 FOOT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH TONIGHT SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH ON THURSDAY 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
256 WHUS43 KIWX 260244 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1044 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 MIZ077-261045- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0013.120726T0400Z-120726T1600Z/ BERRIEN- 1044 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * RISK...MODERATE RISK THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET SUBSIDING TO 1 FOOT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH TONIGHT SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
642 WHUS43 KIWX 260808 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 408 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 MIZ077-261600- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-120726T1600Z/ BERRIEN- 408 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * RISK...MODERATE RISK THIS MORNING. * WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET SUBSIDING TO 1 FOOT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST AROUND 10 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.