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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 6, 2017, 4:19 AM CDT for Kenosha County, Milwaukee County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 6, 2017, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2017, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2017, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2017, 10:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 2443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
673
WHUS43 KMKX 060919
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
419 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017
WIZ066-071-072-061730-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0002.170606T1100Z-170607T0400Z/
MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA-
419 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT 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 FROM MILWAUKEE TO KENOSHA. BEACHES WITH
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
ATWATER BEACH IN VILLAGE OF SHOREWOOD...
BAYVIEW BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
DOCTORS BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF FOX POINT...
BIG BAY BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF WHITEFISH BAY...
MCKINLEY BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
GRANT PARK BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
BENDER BEACH IN OAK CREEK...
SHOOP PARK BEACH IN RACINE...
PARKWAY BEACH IN RACINE...
NORTH BEACH IN RACINE...
WIND POINT LIGHTHOUSE BEACH IN RACINE...
SIMMONS ISLAND BEACH IN KENOSHA...
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.
&&
$$
CRONCE
WEATHER.GOV/MKX3 follow-up statements
945
WHUS43 KMKX 061428
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
928 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017
WIZ066-071-072-062230-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170607T0400Z/
MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA-
928 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
* HIGH WAVE ACTION...LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.
* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED.
* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE.
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM MILWAUKEE TO KENOSHA. BEACHES WITH
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
ATWATER BEACH IN VILLAGE OF SHOREWOOD...
BAYVIEW BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
DOCTORS BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF FOX POINT...
BIG BAY BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF WHITEFISH BAY...
MCKINLEY BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
GRANT PARK BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
BENDER BEACH IN OAK CREEK...
SHOOP PARK BEACH IN RACINE...
PARKWAY BEACH IN RACINE...
NORTH BEACH IN RACINE...
WIND POINT LIGHTHOUSE BEACH IN RACINE...
SIMMONS ISLAND BEACH IN KENOSHA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.
STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.
A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO
SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT
SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM...
MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE.
&&
$$
WEATHER.GOV/MKX953 WHUS43 KMKX 062206 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 506 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 WIZ066-071-072-070400- /O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170607T0400Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- 506 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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 MILWAUKEE TO KENOSHA. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... ATWATER BEACH IN VILLAGE OF SHOREWOOD... BAYVIEW BEACH IN MILWAUKEE... DOCTORS BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF FOX POINT... BIG BAY BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF WHITEFISH BAY... MCKINLEY BEACH IN MILWAUKEE... GRANT PARK BEACH IN MILWAUKEE... BENDER BEACH IN OAK CREEK... SHOOP PARK BEACH IN RACINE... PARKWAY BEACH IN RACINE... NORTH BEACH IN RACINE... WIND POINT LIGHTHOUSE BEACH IN RACINE... SIMMONS ISLAND BEACH IN KENOSHA... 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/MKX
196 WHUS43 KMKX 070340 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1040 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 WIZ066-071-072-070445- /O.CAN.KMKX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170607T0400Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- 1040 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ 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.