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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Chicago, IL

September 28, 2020Porter County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 28, 2020, 4:36 AM CDT for Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Sep 28, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 2020, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 28, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 29, 2020, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL

County Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2020-09-28Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2020-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
463 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

377 
WHUS43 KLOT 280936
CFWLOT

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
National Weather Service Chicago IL
436 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2020

INZ002-281745-
/O.CAN.KLOT.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-200929T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KLOT.BH.S.0021.200928T2100Z-200929T0900Z/
Porter-
436 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS 
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...Porter County Indiana shore.

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...3 to 5 ft. 

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions
and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other
shoreline structures. Large waves can sweep onlookers into the
lake. 

&&

$$

INZ001-281045-
/O.CAN.KLOT.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-200928T1200Z/
Lake IN-
436 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Chicago has cancelled the Beach
Hazards Statement. 

Winds and waves have diminished, decreasing the risk to anyone
caught in the lake.

$$

RC
4 follow-up statements
355 
WHUS43 KLOT 281500
CFWLOT

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
National Weather Service Chicago IL
1000 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2020

INZ002-282300-
/O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0021.200928T2100Z-200929T0900Z/
Porter-
1000 AM CDT Mon Sep 28 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...Porter County Indiana shore.

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...3 to 5 ft.

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions
and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other
shoreline structures. Large waves can sweep onlookers into the
lake.

&&

$$

Kluber
997 
WHUS43 KLOT 282053
CFWLOT

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
National Weather Service Chicago IL
353 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2020

INZ002-290500-
/O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0021.200928T2100Z-200929T0900Z/
Porter-
353 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...Porter County Indiana shore.

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...3 to 5 ft.

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions
and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other
shoreline structures. Large waves can sweep onlookers into the
lake.

&&

$$

KMD
314 
WHUS43 KLOT 290244
CFWLOT

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
National Weather Service Chicago IL
944 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2020

INZ002-290900-
/O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200929T0900Z/
Porter-
944 PM CDT Mon Sep 28 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

* LOCATION...Porter County Indiana shore.

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* FORECAST WAVE HEIGHTS...3 to 5 ft.

* STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions
and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other
shoreline structures. Large waves can sweep onlookers into the
lake.

&&

$$

Lenning
381 
WHUS43 KLOT 290848
CFWLOT

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
National Weather Service Chicago IL
348 AM CDT Tue Sep 29 2020

INZ002-291000-
/O.EXP.KLOT.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200929T0900Z/
Porter-
348 AM CDT Tue Sep 29 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

$$

RC

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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.