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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 14, 2019Kenosha County, Milwaukee County, Racine County, Wisconsin

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2019-08-15Temperature 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 2019-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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/MKX
2 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/MKX
324 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:37 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX15 hr

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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.