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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 17, 2017Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 17, 2017, 4:19 AM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2017, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2017, 4:53 PM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

County Sheboygan County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2017-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2017-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

140 
WHUS43 KMKX 170919
CFWMKX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
419 AM CDT THU AUG 17 2017

WIZ052-171730-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0008.170817T0919Z-170818T0200Z/
SHEBOYGAN-
419 AM CDT THU AUG 17 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 COUNTY. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY
  DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... 

     GENERAL KING PARK BEACH IN SHEBOYGAN...

     KOHLER-ANDRAE STATE PARK BEACHES...
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DANGEROUS WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE
BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE 
WATER.

&&

$$
WOOD
WEATHER.GOV/MKX
1 follow-up statement
760 
WHUS43 KMKX 172153
CFWMKX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
453 PM CDT THU AUG 17 2017

WIZ052-172300-
/O.CAN.KMKX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170818T0200Z/
SHEBOYGAN-
453 PM CDT THU AUG 17 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. 

WAVES HAVE DIMINISHED AND WINDS HAVE TURNED OFF SHORE.  A MODERATE
SWIM RISK EXISTS, THEREFORE SWIMMERS SHOULD STILL EXERCISE CAUTION 
THIS EVENING. 

$$


WEATHER.GOV/MKX

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXGreen40 min
Aug 16, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock24 min
Aug 16, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock50 min
Aug 16, 9:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock45 min
Aug 16, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock51 min
Aug 16, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXJefferson33 min
Aug 16, 10:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXDodge, Jefferson115 min
Aug 16, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXJefferson29 min
Aug 16, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDodge43 min

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.