RIP CURRENT STATEMENT FOR LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE MIDNIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY

    LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
    403 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012

    ...INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT
    TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    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.

    &&

    THE NOTIFICATION OF INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISKS ALONG THE ILLINOIS
    AND INDIANA SHORES WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM OCTOBER 1ST UNTIL THE
    2013 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.


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