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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 24, 2017, 3:48 AM CDT for 5 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2017, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -3.2
The text
As transmitted.
181
WHUS43 KMKX 240848
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
348 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017
WIZ052-060-241700-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0005.170724T0848Z-170725T0000Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
348 AM CDT MON JUL 24 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 IN SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES. BEACHES WITH
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
VOLLRATH PARK IN SHEBOYGAN...
DELAND PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
BLUE HARBOR BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
NORTH 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.
&&
$$
WIZ066-071-072-241700-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0005.170724T0848Z-170725T0300Z/
MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA-
348 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED
* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED
* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM MILWAUKEE TO KENOSHA. BEACHES WITH
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
ATWATER BEACH IN VILLAGE OF SHOREWOOD...
BAYVIEW BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
DOCTORS BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF FOX POINT...
BIG BAY BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF WHITEFISH BAY...
MCKINLEY BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
GRANT PARK BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
BENDER BEACH IN OAK CREEK...
SHOOP PARK BEACH IN RACINE...
PARKWAY BEACH IN RACINE...
NORTH BEACH IN RACINE...
WIND POINT LIGHTHOUSE BEACH IN RACINE...
SIMMONS ISLAND BEACH IN KENOSHA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.
STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.
&&
$$
CRONCE
WEATHER.GOV/MKX4 follow-up statements
733
WHUS43 KMKX 241428
CFWMKX
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
928 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017
WIZ052-060-242230-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170725T0000Z/
SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE-
928 AM CDT MON JUL 24 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 IN SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES. BEACHES
WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
VOLLRATH PARK IN SHEBOYGAN...
DELAND PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
BLUE HARBOR BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...
NORTH 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.
&&
$$
WIZ066-071-072-242230-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170725T0300Z/
MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA-
928 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED
* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED
* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE
* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM MILWAUKEE TO KENOSHA. BEACHES WITH
PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE...
ATWATER BEACH IN VILLAGE OF SHOREWOOD...
BAYVIEW BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
DOCTORS BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF FOX POINT...
BIG BAY BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF WHITEFISH BAY...
MCKINLEY BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
GRANT PARK BEACH IN MILWAUKEE...
BENDER BEACH IN OAK CREEK...
SHOOP PARK BEACH IN RACINE...
PARKWAY BEACH IN RACINE...
NORTH BEACH IN RACINE...
WIND POINT LIGHTHOUSE BEACH IN RACINE...
SIMMONS ISLAND BEACH IN KENOSHA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.
STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND
WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN
SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE.
&&
$$
WEATHER.GOV/MKX008 WHUS43 KMKX 242044 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 344 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 WIZ052-060-250000- /O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170725T0000Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE- 344 PM CDT MON JUL 24 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 IN SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... VOLLRATH PARK IN SHEBOYGAN... DELAND PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN... BLUE HARBOR BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN... NORTH 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. && $$ WIZ066-071-072-250300- /O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170725T0300Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- 344 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM MILWAUKEE TO KENOSHA. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... ATWATER BEACH IN VILLAGE OF SHOREWOOD... BAYVIEW BEACH IN MILWAUKEE... DOCTORS BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF FOX POINT... BIG BAY BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF WHITEFISH BAY... MCKINLEY BEACH IN MILWAUKEE... GRANT PARK BEACH IN MILWAUKEE... BENDER BEACH IN OAK CREEK... SHOOP PARK BEACH IN RACINE... PARKWAY BEACH IN RACINE... NORTH BEACH IN RACINE... WIND POINT LIGHTHOUSE BEACH IN RACINE... SIMMONS ISLAND BEACH IN KENOSHA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/MKX
906 WHUS43 KMKX 250011 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 711 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 WIZ052-060-250115- /O.EXP.KMKX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170725T0000Z/ SHEBOYGAN-OZAUKEE- 711 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... WINDS AND WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED ENOUGH THAT A HIGH SWIM RISK NO LONGER EXISTS. A MODERATE SWIM RISK WILL REMAIN TONIGHT...SO BREAKING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE STILL EXPECTED. STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS...BREAKWALLS AND RIVER OUTLETS. $$ WIZ066-071-072-250300- /O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170725T0300Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- 711 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM MILWAUKEE TO KENOSHA. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... ATWATER BEACH IN VILLAGE OF SHOREWOOD... BAYVIEW BEACH IN MILWAUKEE... DOCTORS BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF FOX POINT... BIG BAY BEACH IN THE VILLAGE OF WHITEFISH BAY... MCKINLEY BEACH IN MILWAUKEE... GRANT PARK BEACH IN MILWAUKEE... BENDER BEACH IN OAK CREEK... SHOOP PARK BEACH IN RACINE... PARKWAY BEACH IN RACINE... NORTH BEACH IN RACINE... WIND POINT LIGHTHOUSE BEACH IN RACINE... SIMMONS ISLAND BEACH IN KENOSHA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. && $$ WOOD WEATHER.GOV/MKX
332 WHUS43 KMKX 250323 CFWMKX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1023 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 WIZ066-071-072-250430- /O.EXP.KMKX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170725T0300Z/ MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- 1023 PM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... WINDS AND WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED ENOUGH THAT A HIGH SWIM RISK NO LONGER EXISTS. A MODERATE SWIM RISK WILL REMAIN TONIGHT...SO BREAKING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE STILL EXPECTED. STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS...BREAKWALLS AND RIVER OUTLETS. $$ WOOD WEATHER.GOV/MKX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 3:35 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 18 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2017Every beach hazards statement in 2017
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.