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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 17, 2015, 3:39 AM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 17, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2015, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 17, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2015, 9:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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 08:45 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 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
186 WHUS43 KMKX 170839 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 339 AM CDT THU SEP 17 2015 WIZ052-171645- /O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0010.150917T1500Z-150918T0300Z/ SHEBOYGAN- 339 AM CDT THU SEP 17 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 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 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION... LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED * RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED * LOCATION...BEACHES OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS 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 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. && $$ REM WEATHER.GOV/MKX
2 follow-up statements
247 WHUS43 KMKX 171419 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 919 AM CDT THU SEP 17 2015 WIZ052-172230- /O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0010.150917T1500Z-150918T0300Z/ SHEBOYGAN- 919 AM CDT THU SEP 17 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED * RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED * LOCATION...BEACHES OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...KOHLER ANDRAE BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$
173 WHUS43 KMKX 180216 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 916 PM CDT THU SEP 17 2015 WIZ052-180330- /O.CAN.KMKX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150918T0300Z/ SHEBOYGAN- 916 PM CDT THU SEP 17 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ WEATHER.GOV/MKX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green, Lafayette, Rock, Walworth | 81 min |
| Sep 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Sheboygan | 26 min |
| Sep 17, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Iowa | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 26 min |
| Sep 17, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 27 min |
| Sep 17, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Columbia, Jefferson | 33 min |
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.