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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 1, 2014Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 1, 2014, 4:28 AM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 1, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2014, 4:28 AM CDT (09:28 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 1, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 1, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

County Sheboygan County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2014-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2014-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

113 
WHUS43 KMKX 010928
CFWMKX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
428 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

WIZ052-011730-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0001.140601T1400Z-140602T0300Z/
SHEBOYGAN-
428 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. 

* LOCATION...BEACHES IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY. BEACHES WITH
  PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE...

  GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
  KOHLER ANDRAE BEACHES...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP
YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.

A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO
SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT
SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM...
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE.

&&

$$

REM
WEATHER.GOV/MKX
2 follow-up statements
138 
WHUS43 KMKX 011448
CFWMKX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
948 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

WIZ052-012300-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T0300Z/
SHEBOYGAN-
948 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE.

* LOCATION...BEACHES IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY. BEACHES WITH 
  PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... 

  GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...   
  KOHLER ANDRAE BEACHES...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.

A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO
SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT
SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM...
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE.

&&

$$
DDV

WEATHER.GOV/MKX
021 
WHUS43 KMKX 012035
CFWMKX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
335 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

WIZ052-020300-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-140602T0300Z/
SHEBOYGAN-
335 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE.

* LOCATION...BEACHES IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY. BEACHES WITH 
  PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... 

 GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...   
 KOHLER ANDRAE BEACHES...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.

A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO
SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT
SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM...
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE.

&&

$$
DDV

WEATHER.GOV/MKX

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 3:41 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX28 hr
Jun 1, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac33 min
Jun 1, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXFond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette46 min
Jun 1, 5:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk3 hr
Jun 1, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane57 min
Jun 1, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXJefferson, Walworth, Waukesha47 min

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2014Every beach hazards statement in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.