Alert archive / Indiana / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this rip current statement at Sep 8, 2012, 1:47 PM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Sep 9, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2012, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 9, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 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 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
061 WHUS43 KLOT 081847 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 147 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ILZ006-014-090300- /O.CAN.KLOT.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-120909T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0015.120909T1400Z-120910T0100Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 147 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ILLINOIS SHORE...AND THOUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FOR INDIANA SHORE.... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH 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. && $$ INZ001-090300- /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0016.120909T1400Z-120910T1300Z/ /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-120908T2300Z/ LAKE IN- 147 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ INZ002-090300- /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0016.120909T1700Z-120910T1300Z/ /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-120908T2300Z/ PORTER- 147 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
949 WHUS43 KLOT 082233 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 533 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 INZ001-090645- /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-120909T0500Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0016.120909T1400Z-120910T1300Z/ LAKE IN- 533 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ INZ002-090645- /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-120909T0500Z/ /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0016.120909T1400Z-120910T1300Z/ PORTER- 533 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH 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. && $$ ILZ006-014-090645- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0015.120909T1400Z-120910T0100Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 533 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
011 WHUS43 KLOT 090241 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 941 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 INZ001-002-091045- /O.CAN.KLOT.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-120909T0500Z/ /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0016.120909T1400Z-120910T1300Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 941 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.. 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. && $$ ILZ006-014-091045- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0015.120909T1400Z-120910T0100Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 941 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
939 WHUS43 KLOT 090242 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 942 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ILZ006-014-091045- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0015.120909T1400Z-120910T0100Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 942 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... 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. && $$ INZ001-002-091045- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0016.120909T1400Z-120910T1300Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 942 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
579 WHUS43 KLOT 090814 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 314 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ILZ006-014-091615- /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0015.120909T1400Z-120910T0300Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 314 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... 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. && $$ INZ001-002-091615- /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0016.120909T1400Z-120910T0300Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 314 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
479 WHUS43 KLOT 092019 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 319 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ILZ006-014-100300- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-120910T0300Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 319 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... 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. && $$ INZ001-002-100300- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-120910T0300Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 319 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
064 WHUS43 KLOT 100234 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 934 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ILZ006-014-100800- /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-120910T0800Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 934 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT MONDAY... 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. && $$ INZ001-002-100800- /O.EXT.KLOT.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-120910T0800Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 934 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT MONDAY... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
918 WHUS43 KLOT 100827 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 327 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 INZ001-002-100930- /O.EXP.KLOT.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-120910T0800Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 327 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 10 KT OR LESS AND WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST EARLY THIS MORNING. WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED TO 1 TO 3 FEET. && $$ ILZ006-014-100930- /O.EXP.KLOT.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-120910T0800Z/ LAKE IL-COOK- 327 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... NORTHEAST WINDS DIMINISHED TO 10 KT OR LESS AND BECAME NORTHWEST EARLY THIS MORNING. WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED TO 1 TO 3 FEET. && $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Indiana, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012
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.