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| Weather Alerts for Berrien Co (MIZ077) |
 RIP CURRENT STATEMENTBERRIEN MICHIGAN (MIZ077) |
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| Effective: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 10:47am EDT | Severity: Unknown |
| Updated: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 10:47am EDT | Urgency: Unknown |
| Expires: Fri, Sep 10, 2010 04:00am EDT | Certainty: MODERATE |
| Areas Affected: Berrien; Cass; La Porte; St. Joseph; Van Buren | |
Alert:
...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... 2 TO 4 FOOT WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 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. |
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| RIP CURRENT STATEMENT BERRIEN MICHIGAN (MIZ077) |
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| Effective: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 10:47am EDT | Severity: Unknown |
| Updated: Thu, Sep 9, 2010 10:47am EDT | Urgency: Unknown |
| Expires: Fri, Sep 10, 2010 04:00am EDT | Certainty: MODERATE |
| Areas Affected: Berrien; Jasper; La Porte; Porter; St. Joseph; Starke | |
Alert:
...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... 2 TO 4 FOOT WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...CREATING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 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. |
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