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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 12, 2016, 4:10 AM CDT for Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 12, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2016, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 12, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2016, 1:00 AM 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 09:11 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, 9.2 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
- 1731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
814
WHUS43 KMKX 120910
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
410 AM CDT MON SEP 12 2016
...HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON...
.PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE WILL
BUILD HIGH WAVES THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WAVES...LINGERING THROUGH
LATE EVENING...WILL RESULT IN A HIGH SWIM RISK.
WIZ052-060-121715-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0007.160912T1900Z-160913T0600Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
410 AM CDT MON SEP 12 2016
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* 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 SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES. 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.
&&
$$
DDV
WEATHER.GOV/MKX2 follow-up statements
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WHUS43 KMKX 121531
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1031 AM CDT MON SEP 12 2016
DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION
WIZ052-060-122345-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0007.160912T1900Z-160913T0600Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
1031 AM CDT MON SEP 12 2016
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED
* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED
* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE
* LOCATION...BEACHES IN SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES. BEACHES
WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
KOHLER ANDRAE BEACHES...
UPPER LAKE PARK BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...
HARRINGTON STATE PARK BEACHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.
A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO
SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT
SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM...
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.
&&
$$
MRC
WEATHER.GOV/MKX115
WHUS43 KMKX 122156
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
456 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2016
DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION
WIZ052-060-130600-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160913T0600Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
456 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2016
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY...
* 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 SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES. 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.
&&
$$
REM
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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.