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Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS Milwaukee, WI

September 26, 2020Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2020-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 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 12:00Z on 2020-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
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

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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.

&&

$$
DDV
2 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.

&&

$$
DDV
394 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 8:29 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX35 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.