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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 20, 2017, 3:56 AM CDT for Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 20, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2017, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 20, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 09:02 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, 8.9 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
- 1409 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
132
WHUS43 KMKX 200856
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
356 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2017
WIZ052-060-201700-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0013.170920T1800Z-170921T0200Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
356 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2017
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
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 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON 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...POSSIBLE.
* LOCATION...BEACHES IN SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES. 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.
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.
&&
$$
DDV
WEATHER.GOV/MKX2 follow-up statements
601
WHUS43 KMKX 202133
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
433 PM CDT WED SEP 20 2017
WIZ052-060-210200-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-170921T0200Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
433 PM CDT WED SEP 20 2017
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.
* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED.
* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE.
* LOCATION...BEACHES IN SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES. BEACHES
WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
KOHLER-ANDRAE STATE PARK BEACHES...
NORTH BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...
SOUTH BEACH IN PORT WASHINGTON...
HARRINGTON STATE PARK BEACHES...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.
STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.
A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO
SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT
SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM...
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE.
&&
$$
WEATHER.GOV/MKX321 WHUS43 KMKX 210204 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 904 PM CDT WED SEP 20 2017 WIZ052-060-210315- /O.EXP.KMKX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-170921T0200Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE- 904 PM CDT WED SEP 20 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... $$ WEATHER.GOV/MKX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 8:51 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 20, 3:40 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 17 hr | |
| Sep 20, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Green Lake | 51 min |
| Sep 20, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Iowa | 51 min |
| Sep 20, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa | 20 min |
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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.