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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 14, 2021, 4:08 AM CDT for Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Sep 14, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2021, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 14, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
716 WHUS43 KLOT 140908 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 408 AM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021 INZ002-141715- /O.NEW.KLOT.BH.S.0016.210915T0000Z-210915T0900Z/ Porter- 408 AM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...Porter County. * WHEN...From this evening through late tonight. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
257 WHUS43 KLOT 141524 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL Issued by National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1024 AM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021 INZ002-142330- /O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0016.210915T0000Z-210915T0900Z/ Porter- 1024 AM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...Porter County. * WHEN...From this evening through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other shoreline structures. && $$ Shimon
806 WHUS43 KLOT 141936 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 236 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021 INZ002-150345- /O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0016.210915T0000Z-210915T0900Z/ Porter- 236 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...Porter County. * WHEN...From this evening through late tonight. * 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. && $$ Borchardt
987 WHUS43 KLOT 150302 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 1002 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021 INZ002-150900- /O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-210915T0900Z/ Porter- 1002 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...Porter County. * WHEN...From this evening through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other shoreline structures. && $$
622 WHUS43 KLOT 150833 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 333 AM CDT Wed Sep 15 2021 INZ002-150945- /O.EXP.KLOT.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-210915T0900Z/ Porter- 333 AM CDT Wed Sep 15 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... Waves of 3 to 5 feet will continue through daybreak, before subsiding through the morning. A moderate swim risk will persist, especially this morning. $$
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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.