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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 14, 2019, 7:59 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Milwaukee County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2019, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2019, 8:14 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 01:02 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, 1.0 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
- 1780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
765
WHUS43 KMKX 150059
CFWMKX
Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
759 PM CDT Wed Aug 14 2019
WIZ066-071-072-151600-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0004.190815T0059Z-190815T1600Z/
Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha-
759 PM CDT Wed Aug 14 2019
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a
Beach Hazards Statement for dangerous swimming conditions...Which
is in effect through Thursday morning.
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... Large waves and dangerous currents are
expected. Conditions are life threatening.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. RIP
CURRENTS ARE 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.
Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away
from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in
sandbars. Rip currents can sweep you into deeper water.
&&
$$
weather.gov/MKX2 follow-up statements
241
WHUS43 KMKX 150757
CFWMKX
Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
257 AM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019
WIZ066-071-072-151600-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-190815T1600Z/
Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha-
257 AM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... Large waves and dangerous currents are
expected. Conditions are life threatening.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. RIP
CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE.
* LOCATION...Beaches from Milwaukee to Kenosha. Beaches with
particularly dangerous conditions include...
Atwater Beach in Village of Shorewood...
Bayview Beach in Milwaukee...
Doctors Beach in the Village of Fox Point...
Big Bay Beach in the Village of Whitefish Bay...
Mckinley Beach in Milwaukee...
Grant Park Beach in Milwaukee...
Bender Beach in Oak Creek...
Shoop Park Beach in Racine...
Parkway Beach in Racine...
North Beach in Racine...
Wind Point Lighthouse Beach in Racine...
Simmons Island Beach in Kenosha...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Dangerous pounding waves and life-threatening currents are
expected at the beaches. People visiting the beaches should stay
out of the water.
Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away
from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in
sandbars. Rip currents can sweep you into deeper water.
&&
$$
weather.gov/MKX324 WHUS43 KMKX 151314 CFWMKX Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 814 AM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019 WIZ066-071-072-151415- /O.CAN.KMKX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-190815T1600Z/ Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha- 814 AM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:37 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 15 hr |
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.