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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 14, 2017, 10:32 AM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2017, 10:32 AM CDT (15:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 15:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 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
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
838 WHUS43 KLOT 141532 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1032 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 2017 INZ001-002-142100- /O.NEW.KLOT.BH.S.0007.170714T1532Z-170714T2100Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 1032 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...NORTHWEST INDIANA BEACHES. * FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...3 TO 6 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. && $$ RODRIGUEZ
2 follow-up statements
483 WHUS43 KLOT 142052 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 352 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 2017 INZ001-002-150200- /O.EXT.KLOT.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-170715T0200Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 352 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...NORTHWEST INDIANA BEACHES. * FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...3 TO 6 FEET. * STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. EXPOSED BEACHES ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WAVE AND CURRENT IMPACTS. IMPACTS AT BEACHES WITH PROTECTIVE BREAKWALLS OR JETTIES WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE ORIENTATION OF STRUCTURES AS WELL AS WIND AND WAVE DIRECTION. && $$ RC
457 WHUS43 KLOT 150211 CFWLOT LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 911 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 2017 INZ001-002-150315- /O.EXP.KLOT.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-170715T0200Z/ LAKE IN-PORTER- 911 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... WAVES AND CURRENTS HAVE DIMINISHED AND NO LONGER POSE A LIFE THREATENING DANGER TO SWIMMERS. $$ RC
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.