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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Chicago, IL

September 4, 2021Porter County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 4, 2021, 2:09 PM CDT for Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Sep 5, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 2021, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 5, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 5, 2021, 5:41 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Chicago, IL

County Porter County, IN

The radar

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

006 
WHUS43 KLOT 041909
CFWLOT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Chicago IL
209 PM CDT Sat Sep 4 2021

INZ002-050315-
/O.NEW.KLOT.BH.S.0014.210905T0500Z-210905T1500Z/
Porter-
209 PM CDT Sat Sep 4 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...High waves of 3 to 5 feet and dangerous currents 
  expected at Lake Michigan beaches.

* WHERE...Porter County.

* WHEN...From midnight CDT tonight through Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, 
  especially for inexperienced swimmers.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions
and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other
shoreline structures.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
251 
WHUS43 KLOT 050227
CFWLOT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Chicago IL
927 PM CDT Sat Sep 4 2021

INZ002-051030-
/O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0014.210905T0500Z-210905T1500Z/
Porter-
927 PM CDT Sat Sep 4 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...High wave action with waves of 3 to 5 feet and dangerous
  currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches.

* WHERE...Porter County.

* WHEN...Through Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, 
  especially for inexperienced swimmers.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions
and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other
shoreline structures. 

&&

$$
856 
WHUS43 KLOT 050807
CFWLOT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Chicago IL
307 AM CDT Sun Sep 5 2021

INZ002-051500-
/O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-210905T1500Z/
Porter-
307 AM CDT Sun Sep 5 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...High wave action with waves of 3 to 4 feet and dangerous
  currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches.

* WHERE...Porter County.

* WHEN...Through 10 AM this morning.

* IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, 
  especially for inexperienced swimmers.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions
and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other
shoreline structures.

&&

$$

Borchardt
200 
WHUS43 KLOT 051041
CFWLOT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Chicago IL
541 AM CDT Sun Sep 5 2021

INZ002-051145-
/O.CAN.KLOT.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-210905T1500Z/
Porter-
541 AM CDT Sun Sep 5 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Based on observations from a buoy offshore of Michigan City, wave
heights have fallen below 3 feet. Wave heights will continue to
decrease this morning. Accordingly, the Beach Hazards Statement 
is being cancelled. 

$$

Borchardt

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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.