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Event: Rip Current Statement
Alert:

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE A BIT EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO SOME LAKE BREEZE ENHANCEMENT. THIS
WILL ALLOW WAVES TO BUILD HIGH ENOUGH FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING
ALONG THE INDIANA SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

Instructions: 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.

[Southsider2k12]

Rip Currents have been forecast again for today. PAY ATTENTION TO THE FLAGS UP AT THE BEACH! If there is a red flag, stay OUT of the water!

[Southsider2k12]

For those considering a dip into the lake... The Rip Current warnings are back.