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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 27, 2015, 3:28 AM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Jun 27, 2015, 9:42 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2015, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 27, 2015, 9:42 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
Counties Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
881 WHUS43 KLOT 270828 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 328 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 INZ001-002-271630- /O.NEW.KLOT.BH.S.0002.150627T2000Z-150628T0200Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 328 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...3 TO 5 FT. * STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. EXPOSED BEACHES ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAVE AND CURRENT IMPACTS. IMPACTS AT BEACHES WITH PROTECTIVE BREAKWALLS OR JETTIES WILL BE SUBJECT TO ORIENTATION OF STRUCTURES AS WELL AS WIND AND WAVE DIRECTION. && $$ BMD
3 follow-up statements
354 WHUS43 KLOT 271442 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 942 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 INZ001-002-272245- /O.EXT.KLOT.BH.S.0002.150627T1442Z-150628T0400Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 942 AM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...3 TO 6 FT. * STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. EXPOSED BEACHES ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAVE AND CURRENT IMPACTS. IMPACTS AT BEACHES WITH PROTECTIVE BREAKWALLS OR JETTIES WILL BE SUBJECT TO ORIENTATION OF STRUCTURES AS WELL AS WIND AND WAVE DIRECTION. && $$ KREIN
072 WHUS43 KLOT 272123 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 423 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 INZ001-002-280400- /O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150628T0400Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 423 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...3 TO 6 FT. * STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. EXPOSED BEACHES ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAVE AND CURRENT IMPACTS. IMPACTS AT BEACHES WITH PROTECTIVE BREAKWALLS OR JETTIES WILL BE SUBJECT TO ORIENTATION OF STRUCTURES AS WELL AS WIND AND WAVE DIRECTION. && $$
841 WHUS43 KLOT 280402 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1102 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 INZ001-002-280515- /O.EXP.KLOT.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150628T0400Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 1102 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AS WINDS DIMINISH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | LOT | Porter | 6 days |
| Jun 27, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | LOT | Jasper, Porter | 5 days |
| Jun 27, 10:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LOT | Lake, Newton | 12 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.