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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Northern Indiana

June 30, 2014

NWS Northern Indiana issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 30, 2014, 5:27 AM EDT. It took effect at Jun 30, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2014, 5:27 AM EDT (09:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 30, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 1, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

672 
WHUS43 KIWX 300927
CFWIWX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
527 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

INZ003-MIZ077-301730-
/O.NEW.KIWX.BH.S.0002.140630T2000Z-140701T1500Z/
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
527 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014 /427 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014/

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT /3 PM CDT/
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...


* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED...

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET EXPECTED BY
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET
  LATE TONIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS ARE
  EXPECTED. THIS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ALONG
  PIERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

&&

$$
7 follow-up statements
878 
WHUS43 KIWX 301422
CFWIWX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1022 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

INZ003-MIZ077-302230-
/O.EXT.KIWX.BH.S.0002.140630T1800Z-140701T1500Z/
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
1022 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2014 /922 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014/

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED...

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET EXPECTED BY
  THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET LATE
  TONIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS ARE
  EXPECTED. THIS MAY CREATE DANGEROUS STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ALONG
  PIERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

&&

$$
046 
WHUS43 KIWX 301949
CFWIWX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
349 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

INZ003-MIZ077-010400-
/O.CON.KIWX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140701T1500Z/
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
349 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014 /249 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014/

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED...

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 3
  TO 5 FEET TONIGHT... AND THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.
  SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. THIS
  MAY RESULT IN DANGEROUS STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ALONG PIERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

&&

$$
269 
WHUS43 KIWX 010131
CFWIWX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
931 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

INZ003-MIZ077-010945-
/O.CON.KIWX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140701T1500Z/
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
931 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014 /831 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014/

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED...

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET TONIGHT... AND
  THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 20 KNOTS
  ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY RESULT IN DANGEROUS STRUCTURAL CURRENTS
  ALONG PIERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

&&

$$
752 
WHUS43 KIWX 010351
CFWIWX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1151 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

INZ003-MIZ077-011200-
/O.CON.KIWX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140701T1500Z/
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
1151 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014 /1051 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014/

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT
/10 AM CDT/ TUESDAY...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED...

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVES 2 TO 5 FEET OVERNIGHT... AND
  THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 20 KNOTS
  ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY RESULT IN DANGEROUS STRUCTURAL CURRENTS
  ALONG PIERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

&&

$$
374 
WHUS43 KIWX 010842
CFWIWX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
442 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

INZ003-MIZ077-011645-
/O.EXT.KIWX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140701T2000Z/
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
442 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 /342 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014/

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT /3 PM
CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED...

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET THIS MORNING...
  AND THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 20
  KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. THIS MAY RESULT IN
  DANGEROUS STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ALONG PIERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

&&

$$
896 
WHUS43 KIWX 011457
CFWIWX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1057 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

INZ003-MIZ077-012000-
/O.CON.KIWX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140701T2000Z/
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
1057 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 /957 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014/

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT /3 PM
CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED...

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET... GRADUALLY
  SUBSIDING THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. THIS
  MAY RESULT IN DANGEROUS STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ALONG PIERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

&&

$$
441 
WHUS43 KIWX 011959
CFWIWX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
359 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

INZ003-012100-
/O.CAN.KIWX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140701T2000Z/
LA PORTE-
259 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM CDT...

WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED TO 2 TO 4 FEET ALONG THE LAPORTE COUNTY
SHORELINE. A MODERATE SWIM RISK REMAINS... SO ONLY EXPERIENCED
SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER.

&&


$$

MIZ077-020000-
/O.EXT.KIWX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140702T0000Z/
BERRIEN-
359 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED...

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED...

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET... GRADUALLY
  SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. THIS MAY RESULT
  IN DANGEROUS STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ALONG PIERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningIWX87 min
Jun 30, 10:28 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryIWX34 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2014Beach Hazards Statements in Indiana, 2014Every beach hazards statement in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.