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Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 26, 2020, 12:54 PM CDT for Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2020, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2020, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 17:56 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -480 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
478
WHUS43 KMKX 261754
CFWMKX
Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1254 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2020
WIZ052-060-270200-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0017.200926T1754Z-200927T0300Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-
1254 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2020
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Life threatening waves and currents are expected.
* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, and Ozaukee
counties.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT this evening.
* 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...
South Beach in Port Washington...
Harrington State Park Beaches...
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.
&&
$$
DDV2 follow-up statements
577
WHUS43 KMKX 262032
CFWMKX
Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
332 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2020
WIZ052-060-270300-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200927T0300Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-
332 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2020
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Life threatening waves and currents are expected.
* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, and Ozaukee
counties.
* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to
high waves and onshore winds.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... Several beaches that will be most
susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include:
General King Park Beach in Sheboygan...
Kohler-Andrae State Park Beaches...
South Beach in Port Washington...
Harrington State Park Beaches...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Stay out of the water and away from dangerous areas like piers
and breakwalls. Strong structural and longshore currents are
expected. Rip currents are possible.
&&
$$
DDV394 WHUS43 KMKX 270304 CFWMKX Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 1004 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2020 WIZ052-060-270415- /O.EXP.KMKX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200927T0300Z/ Sheboygan-Ozaukee- 1004 PM CDT Sat Sep 26 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... Winds have veered southwest across the beaches of Lake Michigan in Sheboygan and Ozaukee Counties. The elevated waves should push out toward the open waters. Thus, the Beach Hazards Statement has been allowed to expire. $$ Wood
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 8:29 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 35 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.