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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 20, 2017, 5:41 PM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2017, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 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 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
482 WHUS43 KLOT 202241 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 541 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2017 INZ001-002-210300- /O.NEW.KLOT.BH.S.0004.170620T2241Z-170621T0300Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 541 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHWEST INDIANA BEACHES. * FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...4 TO 7 FEET. * 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. && $$ RC
1 follow-up statement
438 WHUS43 KLOT 210303 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1003 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2017 INZ001-002-210415- /O.EXP.KLOT.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170621T0300Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 1003 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDING OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Newton | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Jasper | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Lake | 13 min |
| Jun 20, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Jasper | 15 min |
| Jun 20, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | Jasper | 21 min |
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.