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| Weather Alerts for LaPorte Co (INZ003) |
 RIP CURRENT STATEMENTLA PORTE INDIANA (INZ003) |
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| Effective: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 03:34pm EDT | Severity: Unknown |
| Updated: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 03:34pm EDT | Urgency: Unknown |
| Expires: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 12:00am EDT | Certainty: HIGH |
| Areas Affected: Berrien; Jasper; La Porte; Porter; St. Joseph; Starke | |
Alert:
...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... 3 TO 6 FOOT WAVES WITH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON...CREATING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. ANYONE ENTERING LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS DURING THESE CONDITIONS IS AT HIGH RISK OF BEING SWEPT OUT TO DEEPER WATERS BY RIP CURRENTS. PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHMInstructions: THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 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. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO STAY OUT OF LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS TODAY...BUT IF YOU DO GO INTO THE WATER AND GET CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... TRY TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ESCAPE THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...THEN 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 AND DROWN. REMEMBER...TO AVOID GETTING IN THE SITUATION WHERE YOU WOULD NEED TO ATTEMPT TO SURVIVE GETTING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO STAY OUT OF LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS DURING PERIODS OF HIGH WAVES. |
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| RIP CURRENT STATEMENT LA PORTE INDIANA (INZ003) |
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| Effective: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 03:34pm EDT | Severity: Unknown |
| Updated: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 03:34pm EDT | Urgency: Unknown |
| Expires: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 12:00am EDT | Certainty: HIGH |
| Areas Affected: Berrien; Cass; La Porte; St. Joseph; Van Buren | |
Alert:
...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... 3 TO 6 FOOT WAVES WITH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN STRONG RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON...CREATING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. ANYONE ENTERING LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS DURING THESE CONDITIONS IS AT HIGH RISK OF BEING SWEPT OUT TO DEEPER WATERS BY RIP CURRENTS. PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE BELOW TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD. ENTER THE WEB ADDRESS IN ALL LOWER CASE. HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHMInstructions: THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 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. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO STAY OUT OF LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS TODAY...BUT IF YOU DO GO INTO THE WATER AND GET CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... TRY TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ESCAPE THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...THEN 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 AND DROWN. REMEMBER...TO AVOID GETTING IN THE SITUATION WHERE YOU WOULD NEED TO ATTEMPT TO SURVIVE GETTING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO STAY OUT OF LAKE MICHIGAN WATERS DURING PERIODS OF HIGH WAVES. |
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