Rip Current — Porter, Indiana

2005-07-26 · near Beverly Shrs, Porter, Indiana

Event narrative

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_id 5463083. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.