Beach Hazards Statement

NWS Northern Indiana · US

Updated

Details

Beach Hazards Statement Remains In Effect Until 4 AM CDT Wednesday

Event: Beach Hazards Statement
Issued: 2026-09-23 02:09:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-23 02:09:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-23 09:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-23 09:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

Dangerous swimming conditions expected. *Waves of 2 to 4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet. *Strong southward flowing longshore current expected. *Strong structural current near piers and breakwalls, especially on the north sides. *Rip currents possible within sandbars.

Where

Northern La Porte county.

When

Through late tonight.

Impacts

Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers.

Instructions

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. Do not venture out on piers.

Affected areas

Northern La Porte

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Northern Indiana
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-23 02:09:21 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~22s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M360CMYBBB521E19ZVG6EPSJ
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b7665cb7e42e62293b4a3a31097600237b0b8ce2.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Northern Indiana
AWIPS ID: CAPIWX
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.3064
WMO heading: XOUS53
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 53

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e1b0fc93d870ec8b6e27eb50b9b05fef2da4ccd2.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-22 20:35:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8d017d12c0817b17672299ce2a0b38568ff592e0.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-22 15:30:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8953c59d760efa1da3f808537f62d5191b694029.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-22 07:38:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3081e0af8b083ea3eaf987aecde656ea6d469256.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-22 02:09:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fff7c601b23b9098a1a2a173bbeb34c705510b64.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-21 20:57:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.372599ebf3a4726877bea51a608ac4ac7ca90cee.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 2026-09-21 14:55:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	BHS

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	CFWIWX
WMOidentifier	WHUS43 KIWX 230209
NWSheadline	BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.KIWX.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260923T0900Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-23T05:00:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8d017d12c0817b17672299ce2a0b38568ff592e0.001.1,2026-09-22T11:30:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8953c59d760efa1da3f808537f62d5191b694029.001.1,2026-09-22T03:38:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3081e0af8b083ea3eaf987aecde656ea6d469256.001.1,2026-09-21T22:09:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fff7c601b23b9098a1a2a173bbeb34c705510b64.001.1,2026-09-21T16:57:00-04:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.372599ebf3a4726877bea51a608ac4ac7ca90cee.001.1,2026-09-21T10:55:00-04:00

Locations

Location data

Northern La Porte

Name	Value
SAME	018091
UGC	INZ103