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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 16, 2016, 3:07 AM CDT for Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 16, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2016, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2016, 8:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 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 08:09 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 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
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
046
WHUS43 KMKX 160807
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
307 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION
WIZ052-060-161615-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0008.160916T1200Z-160917T0300Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
307 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 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 7 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...EXPECTED.
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SHEBOYGAN TO NEAR 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.
&&
$$
HENTZ
WEATHER.GOV/MKX3 follow-up statements
516
WHUS43 KMKX 161429
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
929 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
WIZ052-060-162230-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160917T0300Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
929 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.
* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED.
* RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED.
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SHEBOYGAN TO NEAR PORT WASHINGTON.
BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
KOHLER ANDRAE BEACHES...
UPPER LAKE PARK BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...
HARRINGTON STATE PARK BEACHES...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.
A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO
SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT
SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM...
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE.
RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN
SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER.
&&
$$
WEATHER.GOV/MKX840 WHUS43 KMKX 162146 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 446 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016 WIZ052-060-170300- /O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160917T0300Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE- 446 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 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...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SHEBOYGAN TO NEAR 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/MKX
741 WHUS43 KMKX 170152 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 852 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016 WIZ052-060-170300- /O.CAN.KMKX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160917T0300Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE- 852 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ WEATHER.GOV/MKX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 3:03 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 18 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.