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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
425 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
INZ003-MIZ077-131630-
/O.EXT.KIWX.BH.S.0010.130813T0825Z-130814T0900Z/
LA PORTE-BERRIEN-
425 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013 /325 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013/
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED...
* STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED...
* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED...
* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH A FEW
GUSTS TO 25 MPH TODAY. NORTH WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 MPH
TONIGHT. WAVES WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 7 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WAVES WILL DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY. A
HIGH RISK FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXISTS TODAY THROUGH 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 OUT LAKEWARD.
STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD 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
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