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LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
947 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2012
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LAKE IN-PORTER-
947 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2012
...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST
SATURDAY...
* LAKE SHORE FLOODING...NORTHWEST WINDS TO AROUND 30 MPH LATE THIS
  EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE
  MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT. LARGE AND BATTERING WAVES OF 15 TO 20 FEET
  CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG
  STORM THAT MOVED ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY...PRODUCING WINDS
  TO AROUND 65 MPH. THE LARGEST WAVES WILL OCCUR ALONG THE PORTER
  COUNTY SHORELINE.
* TIMING...WAVES UP TO 20 FEET LATE THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY
  SUBSIDE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THESE LARGE WAVES WILL BATTER THE BEACHES AND 
  SHORELINES LEADING TO COASTAL EROSION AND FLOODING...AND COULD 
  RESULT IN IMPACTS SIMILAR TO IF NOT MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN 
  THOSE WHICH OCCURRED WITH THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SANDY THIS 
  PAST OCTOBER. 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT ALONG THE LAKE. RESIDENTS ON OR NEAR THE SHORE IN THE
WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
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