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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 31, 2020, 3:40 AM CDT for Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 31, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2020, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 31, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2020, 7:00 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 08:41 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, 8.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
700
WHUS43 KMKX 310840
CFWMKX
Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
340 AM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020
WIZ052-060-312045-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0009.200831T1500Z-200901T0000Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-
340 AM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...
The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a
Beach Hazards Statement for dangerous swimming conditions...Which
is in effect from 10 AM CDT this morning through this evening.
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... Large waves and dangerous currents are
expected. Conditions are life threatening.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. RIP
CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE.
* LOCATION...Beaches in Sheboygan and Ozaukee Counties. Beaches
with particularly dangerous conditions include...
General King Park Beach in Sheboygan...
Kohler-Andrae State Park Beaches...
North Beach in Port Washington...
South Beach in Port Washington...
Harrington State Park Beaches...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Dangerous pounding waves and life-threatening currents are
expected at the beaches. People visiting the beaches should stay
out of the water.
&&
$$
weather.gov/MKX2 follow-up statements
925
WHUS43 KMKX 311500
CFWMKX
Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
1000 AM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020
WIZ052-060-010000-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-200901T0000Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-
1000 AM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* HIGH WAVE ACTION... Large waves and dangerous currents are
expected. Conditions are life threatening.
* STRONG STRUCTURAL AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. RIP
CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE.
* LOCATION...Beaches in Sheboygan and Ozaukee Counties. Beaches
with particularly dangerous conditions include...
General King Park Beach in Sheboygan...
Kohler-Andrae State Park Beaches...
North Beach in Port Washington...
South Beach in Port Washington...
Harrington State Park Beaches...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Dangerous pounding waves and life-threatening currents are
expected at the beaches. People visiting the beaches should stay
out of the water.
&&
$$
MRC
weather.gov/MKX872 WHUS43 KMKX 312348 CFWMKX Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 648 PM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020 WIZ052-060-010100- /O.EXP.KMKX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-200901T0000Z/ Sheboygan-Ozaukee- 648 PM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Winds have shifted to the west helping to lower wave heights along beaches in Sheboygan and the Beach Hazards Statement will be allowed to expire. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 3:34 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 15 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.