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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI

September 10, 20145 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 10, 2014, 3:32 AM CDT for 5 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2014, 3:32 AM CDT (08:32 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2014, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

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

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2014-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 617 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 2014-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
617 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

161 
WHUS43 KMKX 100832
CFWMKX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
332 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014

WIZ052-060-066-071-072-101645-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0006.140910T0832Z-140910T1700Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA-
332 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. 

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

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS... EXPECTED

* RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED. 

* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SHEBOYGAN TO KENOSHA. BEACHES WITH
  PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY 
  INCLUDE... 

     GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
     KOHLER ANDRAE BEACHES...
     UPPER LAKE PARK BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...
     HARRINGTON STATE PARK BEACHES...
     ATWATER BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
     BRADFORD BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
     NORTH BEACH PARK IN RACINE...
     ZOO BEACH IN RACINE...
     EICHELMAN BEACH IN KENOSHA...
     SOUTHPORT PARK BEACH PARK 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.

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.

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.

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... 

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

&&

$$
HENTZ

WEATHER.GOV/MKX

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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.