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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this rip current statement at Sep 10, 2012, 4:32 PM EDT. It took effect at Sep 11, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2012, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 11, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
706 WHUS43 KIWX 102032 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 432 PM EDT MON SEP 10 2012 MIZ077-110445- /O.NEW.KIWX.RP.S.0023.120911T1500Z-120912T0000Z/ BERRIEN- 432 PM EDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * RISK...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BERRIEN COUNTY SHORELINE TUESDAY. * WAVES...TWO TO FOUR FEET. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY. 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. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
964 WHUS43 KIWX 110256 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1056 PM EDT MON SEP 10 2012 MIZ077-111100- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0023.120911T1500Z-120912T0000Z/ BERRIEN- 1056 PM EDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * RISK...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BERRIEN COUNTY SHORELINE TUESDAY. * WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
263 WHUS43 KIWX 110824 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 424 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2012 MIZ077-111630- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0023.120911T1500Z-120912T0000Z/ BERRIEN- 424 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RISK...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BERRIEN COUNTY SHORELINE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * WAVES...1 TO 3 FEET BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET BY LATE MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY. 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. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO 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. && $$
492 WHUS43 KIWX 111920 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 320 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2012 MIZ077-120330- /O.EXT.KIWX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-120913T0000Z/ BERRIEN- 320 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * RISK...MODERATE. * WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
538 WHUS43 KIWX 120114 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 914 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2012 MIZ077-120915- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-120913T0000Z/ BERRIEN- 914 PM EDT TUE SEP 11 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * RISK...MODERATE. * WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST NEAR 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. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO 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. && $$
515 WHUS43 KIWX 120741 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 341 AM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 MIZ077-121600- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-120913T0000Z/ BERRIEN- 341 AM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RISK...MODERATE. * WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
856 WHUS43 KIWX 121659 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1259 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 MIZ077-130000- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-120913T0000Z/ BERRIEN- 1259 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RISK...MODERATE. * WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST NEAR 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. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO 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. && $$
755 WHUS43 KIWX 121930 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 330 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 MIZ077-130000- /O.CON.KIWX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-120913T0000Z/ BERRIEN- 330 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RISK...MODERATE. * WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
155 WHUS43 KIWX 130003 CFWIWX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 803 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 MIZ077-130115- /O.EXP.KIWX.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-120913T0000Z/ BERRIEN- 803 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK EXPIRED AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED THIS EVENING AS SOUTHWEST WINDS DIMINISHED. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON CAUSING WAVES TO BUILD. THESE CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN SUPPORT MORE FREQUENT AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. && $$
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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.