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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 7, 2015, 4:08 AM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 7, 2015, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2015, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 7, 2015, 8:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 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
- 167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
809
WHUS43 KMKX 070908
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
408 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015
WIZ060-066-071-072-071715-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0004.150707T1300Z-150708T0000Z/
OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA-
408 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 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 8 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...POSSIBLE.
* LOCATION...BEACHES IN OZAUKEE...MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND KENOSHA
COUNTIES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
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...
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.
&&
$$
REM
WEATHER.GOV/MKX2 follow-up statements
324
WHUS43 KMKX 071347
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
847 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015
WIZ060-066-071-072-072200-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150708T0000Z/
OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA-
847 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.
* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED.
* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE.
* LOCATION...BEACHES IN OZAUKEE...MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND KENOSHA
COUNTIES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
UPPER LAKE PARK BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...
HARRINGTON STATE PARK BEACHES...
MCKINLEY BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
GRANT PARK BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
SHOOP PARK BEACH IN RACINE...
NORTH PARK BEACH IN RACINE...
SIMMONS ISLAND BEACH IN KENOSHA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.
A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO
SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT
SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM...
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE.
&&
$$
JTS
WEATHER.GOV/MKX019
WHUS43 KMKX 071958
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
258 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015
WIZ060-066-071-072-080000-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150708T0000Z/
OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA-
258 PM CDT TUE JUL 7 2015
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT 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...POSSIBLE.
* LOCATION...BEACHES IN OZAUKEE...MILWAUKEE...RACINE AND KENOSHA
COUNTIES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
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...
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.
&&
$$
DDV
WEATHER.GOV/MKXThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dodge | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 3:22 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 16 hr |
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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.