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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 31, 2020Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2020-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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/MKX
2 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/MKX
872 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 3:34 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX15 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.