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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 7, 2020, 3:27 PM CDT for Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 8, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2020, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 8, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 11 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 20:28 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 308 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
- 1493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
944
WHUS43 KMKX 072027
CFWMKX
Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
327 PM CDT Fri Aug 7 2020
WIZ052-060-080430-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0008.200808T1800Z-200809T0500Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-
327 PM CDT Fri Aug 7 2020
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Life threatening waves and currents are expected.
* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Sheboygan and Ozaukee
counties.
* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through Saturday 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...
North 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.
&&
$$
MRC4 follow-up statements
845
WHUS43 KMKX 080915
CFWMKX
Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
415 AM CDT Sat Aug 8 2020
WIZ052-060-082115-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0008.200808T1800Z-200809T0500Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-
415 AM CDT Sat Aug 8 2020
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Life threatening waves and currents are expected.
* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Sheboygan and Ozaukee
counties.
* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening.
* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to
high waves and onshore winds.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... Several beaches that will be most
susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include
General King Park Beach in Sheboygan...
Kohler-Andrae State Park Beaches...
North Beach in Port Washington...
Harrington State Park Beaches...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Stay out of the water and away from dangerous areas like piers
and breakwalls. Strong structural and longshore currents are
expected. Rip currents are possible.
&&
$$
weather.gov/MKX209
WHUS43 KMKX 081507
CFWMKX
Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1007 AM CDT Sat Aug 8 2020
WIZ052-060-090500-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0008.200808T1800Z-200809T0500Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-
1007 AM CDT Sat Aug 8 2020
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...Life threatening waves and currents are expected.
* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, and Ozaukee
counties.
* WHEN...Through 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...
North 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.
&&
$$183
WHUS43 KMKX 082028
CFWMKX
Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
328 PM CDT Sat Aug 8 2020
WIZ052-060-090500-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200809T0500Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-
328 PM CDT Sat Aug 8 2020
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT...
* WHAT...Life threatening waves and currents are expected.
* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, and Ozaukee
counties.
* WHEN...Until midnight CDT tonight.
* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to
high waves and onshore winds.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... Several beaches that will be most
susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include
General King Park Beach in Sheboygan...
Kohler-Andrae State Park Beaches...
North Beach in Port Washington...
Harrington State Park Beaches...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Stay out of the water and away from dangerous areas like piers
and breakwalls. Strong structural and longshore currents are
expected. Rip currents are possible.
&&
$$548 WHUS43 KMKX 090439 CFWMKX Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 1139 PM CDT Sat Aug 8 2020 WIZ052-060-090545- /O.EXP.KMKX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200809T0500Z/ Sheboygan-Ozaukee- 1139 PM CDT Sat Aug 8 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... Waves at Lake Michigan beaches in Sheboygan and Ozaukee counties are expected to remain on average less than 4 feet the rest of the night, resulting in a lower swim risk. Hence the Beach Hazard Statement will be allowed to expire at midnight. $$ weather.gov/MKX MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:11 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 33 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.