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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 10, 2017, 9:04 AM CDT for Milwaukee County, Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2017, 9:04 AM CDT (14:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2017, 5:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
309
WHUS43 KMKX 101404
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
904 AM CDT SUN SEP 10 2017
WIZ052-060-066-102230-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0012.170910T1404Z-170911T0000Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-
904 AM CDT SUN SEP 10 2017
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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...POSSIBLE.
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SHEBOYGAN TO MILWAUKEE BEACHES WITH
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
KOHLER-ANDRAE STATE PARK BEACHES...
NORTH BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...
SOUTH BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...
HARRINGTON STATE PARK BEACHES...
ATWATER BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
BRADFORD BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.
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.
&&
$$
CRONCE
WEATHER.GOV/MKX2 follow-up statements
892
WHUS43 KMKX 102011
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
311 PM CDT SUN SEP 10 2017
WIZ066-102115-
/O.CAN.KMKX.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170911T0000Z/
MILWAUKEE-
311 PM CDT SUN SEP 10 2017
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT.
THERE IS A MODERATE SWIM RISK THIS AFTERNOON. BREAKING WAVES AND
CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS,
BREAKWALLS AND RIVER OUTLETS.
$$
WIZ052-060-110000-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170911T0000Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
311 PM CDT SUN SEP 10 2017
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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...POSSIBLE.
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SHEBOYGAN TO MILWAUKEE BEACHES WITH
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
KOHLER-ANDRAE STATE PARK BEACHES...
NORTH BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...
SOUTH BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...
HARRINGTON STATE PARK BEACHES...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.
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.
&&
$$
CRONCE
WEATHER.GOV/MKX766 WHUS43 KMKX 102201 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 501 PM CDT SUN SEP 10 2017 WIZ052-060-102315- /O.CAN.KMKX.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170911T0000Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE- 501 PM CDT SUN SEP 10 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. THE WAVES HAVE FALLEN TO 1 TO 2 FEET WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. $$ WEATHER.GOV/MKX
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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.