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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 8, 20144 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 8, 2014, 3:41 AM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 8, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2014, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 8, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 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.

618 
WHUS43 KMKX 080841
CFWMKX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
341 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

WIZ060-066-071-072-081645-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0002.140608T1200Z-140609T0300Z/
OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA-
341 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 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 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING 
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE.

* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO KENOSHA. BEACHES WITH
  PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY INCLUDE...

 VOLLRATH PARK BEACH IN SHEYBOYGAN... 
 NORTH SIDE MUNICIPAL BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN... 
 BLUE HARBOR BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN... 
 UPPER LAKE PARK BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON... 
 HARRINGTON STATE PARK BEACHES... 
 MCKINLEY BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
 GRANT PARK BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
 SHOOP PARK BEACH IN RACINE... 
 NORTH PARK BEACH IN RACINE...
 SIMMONS ISLAND BEACH IN KENOSHA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A
STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY.

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

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.

&&

$$
WEATHER.GOV/MKX

MBK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 3:27 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX19 hr

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.