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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Chicago, IL
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 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.
- 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
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.