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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 21, 2015, 9:02 PM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 22, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2015, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 22, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2015, 4:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 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 02:01 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, 2.0 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
017
WHUS43 KMKX 220202
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
902 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015
WIZ052-221015-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0002.150622T1800Z-150623T0300Z/
SHEBOYGAN-
902 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2015
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...ARE EXPECTED.
* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...ARE EXPECTED.
* RIP CURRENTS...ARE EXPECTED.
* LOCATION...BEACHES ALONG 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.
&&
$$
WEATHER.GOV/MKX2 follow-up statements
694
WHUS43 KMKX 220921
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
421 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
WIZ052-221730-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0002.150622T1800Z-150623T0300Z/
SHEBOYGAN-
421 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...ARE EXPECTED.
* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...ARE EXPECTED.
* RIP CURRENTS...ARE EXPECTED.
* LOCATION...BEACHES ALONG SHEBOYGAN COUNTY. BEACHES WITH
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
KOHLER ANDRAE BEACHES...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.
A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO
SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT
SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM...
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.
&&
$$
REM
WEATHER.GOV/MKX642 WHUS43 KMKX 222119 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 419 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 WIZ052-222230- /O.CAN.KMKX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150623T0300Z/ SHEBOYGAN- 419 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. THE WINDS HAVE VEERED TO SOUTHWEST AT THE SHEBOYGAN LAKESHORE. THE THREAT FOR A HIGH SWIM RISK HAS ENDED. $$ MG WEATHER.GOV/MKX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 9:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 22, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson and 4 more | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 119 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2015Every beach hazards statement in 2015
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.