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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 4, 2016, 6:17 PM CDT for Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 5, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2016, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 5, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2016, 7:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Ozaukee County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
773
WHUS43 KMKX 042317
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
617 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016
WIZ052-060-050730-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0006.160905T1400Z-160906T0400Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
617 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING 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 MORNING THROUGH MONDAY 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.
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.
&&
$$
WEATHER.GOV/MKX
KAVINSKY3 follow-up statements
796
WHUS43 KMKX 050746
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
246 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
WIZ052-060-051600-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0006.160905T1400Z-160906T0400Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
246 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.
* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED.
* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE.
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON.
BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
KOHLER ANDRAE BEACHES...
UPPER LAKE PARK BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...
HARRINGTON STATE PARK BEACHES...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.
A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO
SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT
SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM...
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.
&&
$$
WEATHER.GOV/MKX263 WHUS43 KMKX 051942 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 242 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION WIZ052-060-060345- /O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-160906T0400Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE- 242 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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. 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. && $$
916 WHUS43 KMKX 060053 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 753 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 WIZ052-060-060200- /O.CAN.KMKX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-160906T0400Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE- 753 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. LESSENING WINDS AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH A MODERATE SWIM RISK BECOMING A LOW RISK BY LATER THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS AND WAVES OF 1 TO 3 FEET WILL THEN PREVAIL THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. $$ WEATHER.GOV/MKX MG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2:48 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 29 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.