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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this rip current statement at Sep 5, 2012, 4:47 PM CDT for Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Sep 6, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2012, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 6, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 3:34 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
County Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
509 WHUS43 KLOT 052147 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 447 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 INZ002-060600- /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0013.120906T1100Z-120906T2100Z/ PORTER- 447 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
010 WHUS43 KLOT 060311 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1011 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 INZ002-061115- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0013.120906T1100Z-120906T2100Z/ PORTER- 1011 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
728 WHUS43 KLOT 060834 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 334 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 INZ002-060945- /O.CAN.KLOT.RP.S.0013.120906T1100Z-120906T2100Z/ PORTER- 334 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK FOR TODAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake, Porter | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 55 min |
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.