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Rip Current in Porter County, Indiana

Rip Current July 26, 2005 · Porter County, Indiana

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Deaths

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 16 year old female and a man in his mid-20s were swimming in Lake Michigan, 80 to 100 yards offshore of Beverly Shores. At 4 pm CST, Michigan City had a north-northeast wind with gusts to 30 mph. These strong winds likely produced waves of 4 feet or higher as well as rip currents. Both people were found about an hour and half later, but had drowned.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5463083. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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