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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Chicago, IL
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.
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
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.
- 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
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.