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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:27 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 19 hr |
Nearby
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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.