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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Milwaukee, WI

September 25, 2020Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 25, 2020, 2:44 AM CDT for Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 25, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 2020, 2:44 AM CDT (07:44 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 25, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 25, 2020, 8:32 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Ozaukee County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2020-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

799 
WHUS43 KMKX 250744
CFWMKX

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
244 AM CDT Fri Sep 25 2020

WIZ052-060-251545-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0016.200925T2100Z-200926T0600Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-
244 AM CDT Fri Sep 25 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Life threatening waves and currents are expected.

* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, and Ozaukee 
  counties.

* WHEN...From this afternoon through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to 
  high waves and onshore winds.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... Several beaches that will be most 
  susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include 
  
     General King Park Beach in Sheboygan...

     Kohler-Andrae State Park Beaches...

     North Beach in Port Washington...

     South Beach in Port Washington...
    
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water and away from dangerous areas like piers
and breakwalls.  Strong structural and longshore currents are
expected.  Rip currents are possible.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
141 
WHUS43 KMKX 251405
CFWMKX

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
905 AM CDT Fri Sep 25 2020

WIZ052-060-252215-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0016.200925T2100Z-200926T0600Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-
905 AM CDT Fri Sep 25 2020

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

* WHAT...Life threatening waves and currents are expected.

* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, and Ozaukee 
  counties.

* WHEN...From this afternoon through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to 
  high waves and onshore winds.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... Several beaches that will be most 
  susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include 
 
     General King Park Beach in Sheboygan...

     Kohler-Andrae State Park Beaches...

     North Beach in Port Washington...

     South Beach in Port Washington...

     
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water and away from dangerous areas like piers
and breakwalls.  Strong structural and longshore currents are
expected.  Rip currents are possible.

&&

$$
164 
WHUS43 KMKX 252008
CFWMKX

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
308 PM CDT Fri Sep 25 2020

WIZ052-060-260415-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0016.200925T2100Z-200926T0600Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-
308 PM CDT Fri Sep 25 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Life threatening waves and currents are expected.

* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, and Ozaukee 
  counties.

* WHEN...From this afternoon through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to 
  high waves and onshore winds.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... Several beaches that will be most 
  susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include 
  
     General King Park Beach in Sheboygan...

     Kohler-Andrae State Park Beaches...

     North Beach in Port Washington...

     South Beach in Port Washington...

     
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water and away from dangerous areas like piers
and breakwalls.  Strong structural and longshore currents are
expected.  Rip currents are possible.

&&

$$
746 
WHUS43 KMKX 260132
CFWMKX

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
832 PM CDT Fri Sep 25 2020

WIZ052-060-260245-
/O.CAN.KMKX.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200926T0600Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-
832 PM CDT Fri Sep 25 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds and waves will continue to subside this evening.  An additional
period of hazardous swimming conditions is possible on Saturday,
and another Beach Hazards Statement may eventually be needed. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 12:25 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMKXSauk4 hr
Sep 25, 2:56 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX18 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.