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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Chicago, IL

September 28, 2017Lake County, Porter County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 28, 2017, 4:11 AM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 28, 2017, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
Expired: Sep 28, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Chicago, IL

Counties Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

016 
WHUS43 KLOT 280911
CFWLOT

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
411 AM CDT THU SEP 28 2017

INZ001-002-281500-
/O.EXP.KLOT.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-170928T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KLOT.BH.S.0021.170928T0911Z-170928T1500Z/
LAKE IN-PORTER-
411 AM CDT THU SEP 28 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

* LOCATION...NORTHWEST INDIANA LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES.

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...3 TO 6 FT.

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES.
PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER.

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.

STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.

EXPOSED BEACHES ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT WAVE AND CURRENT IMPACTS. IMPACTS AT BEACHES WITH
PROTECTIVE BREAKWALLS OR JETTIES WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE
ORIENTATION OF STRUCTURES AS WELL AS WIND AND WAVE DIRECTION.

&&

$$

RODRIGUEZ

1 follow-up statement

226 
WHUS43 KLOT 281508
CFWLOT

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1008 AM CDT THU SEP 28 2017

INZ001-002-281615-
/O.EXP.KLOT.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-170928T1500Z/
LAKE IN-PORTER-
1008 AM CDT THU SEP 28 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED TO 2 TO 4 FT THIS MORNING, SO THERE IS STILL A
MODERATE SWIM RISK TODAY.

$$

KMD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 28, 3:25 PM CDT	Beach Hazards Statement	LOT	Lake, Porter	43 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.