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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this rip current statement at Sep 29, 2012, 3:38 PM CDT for Lake County, Illinois; Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Sep 30, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2012, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 30, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2012, 11:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
Counties Lake County, IL, Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
748 WHUS43 KLOT 292038 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 338 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-301000- /O.NEW.KLOT.RP.S.0021.120930T0500Z-121001T0900Z/ LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 338 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A NOTIFICATION OF AN INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
808 WHUS43 KLOT 292103 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 403 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-300515- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0021.120930T0500Z-121001T0900Z/ LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 403 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && THE NOTIFICATION OF INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISKS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM OCTOBER 1ST UNTIL THE 2013 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. $$
288 WHUS43 KLOT 300508 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1208 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-301315- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-121001T0900Z/ LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 1208 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... 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. && THE NOTIFICATION OF INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISKS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM OCTOBER 1ST UNTIL THE 2013 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. $$
677 WHUS43 KLOT 300808 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 308 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-301615- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-121001T0900Z/ LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 308 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && THE NOTIFICATION OF INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISKS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM OCTOBER 1ST UNTIL THE 2013 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. $$
354 WHUS43 KLOT 301422 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 922 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-302230- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-121001T0900Z/ LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 922 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && THE NOTIFICATION OF INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISKS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM OCTOBER 1ST UNTIL THE 2013 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. $$
725 WHUS43 KLOT 302045 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 345 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-010445- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-121001T0900Z/ LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 345 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA LAKE SHORE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && THE SEASONAL NOTIFICATION OF INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISKS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM OCTOBER 1ST UNTIL THE 2013 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. $$
937 WHUS43 KLOT 010209 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 909 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-010900- /O.CON.KLOT.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-121001T0900Z/ LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 909 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA LAKE SHORE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && THE SEASONAL NOTIFICATION OF INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISKS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM OCTOBER 1ST UNTIL THE 2013 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. $$
131 WHUS43 KLOT 010406 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1106 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ILZ006-014-INZ001-002-010515- /O.CAN.KLOT.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-121001T0900Z/ LAKE IL-COOK-LAKE IN-PORTER- 1106 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS CANCELLED THE NOTIFICATION OF THE INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. WINDS AND WAVES HAVE CONTINUED TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING. CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THE SEASONAL NOTIFICATION OF INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISKS ALONG THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA SHORES WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM OCTOBER 1ST UNTIL THE 2013 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 3:33 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 42 hr |
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.