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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 23, 2016, 3:05 AM CDT for Milwaukee County, Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 23, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2016, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 23, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
081
WHUS43 KMKX 230805
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
305 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016
WIZ052-060-231615-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0004.160823T1700Z-160824T0300Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
305 AM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY 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 NOON CDT TODAY 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 FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON.
BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS
INCLUDE...
GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
KOHLER ANDRAE BEACHES...
UPPER LAKE PARK BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...
HARRINGTON STATE PARK 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.
&&
$$
WEATHER.GOV/MKX1 follow-up statement
227 WHUS43 KMKX 232012 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 312 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION WIZ066-240300- /O.EXA.KMKX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160824T0300Z/ MILWAUKEE- 312 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION...LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...KOHLER ANDRAE BEACHES...UPPER LAKE PARK BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...HARRINGTON STATE PARK BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. && $$ WIZ052-060-240300- /O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160824T0300Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE- 312 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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 FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...KOHLER ANDRAE BEACHES...UPPER LAKE PARK BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...HARRINGTON STATE PARK 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 9:12 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 39 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.