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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Chicago, IL

September 24, 2021Porter County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 24, 2021, 2:46 PM CDT for Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Sep 25, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2021, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 25, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 25, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
15 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 19:46 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, 7.8 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 2021-09-24Temperature 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 2021-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
1843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

189 
WHUS43 KLOT 241946
CFWLOT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Chicago IL
246 PM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021

INZ002-250400-
/O.NEW.KLOT.BH.S.0019.210925T0500Z-210925T1700Z/
Porter-
246 PM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Porter County.

* WHEN...From midnight CDT tonight through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
831 
WHUS43 KLOT 250346
CFWLOT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Chicago IL
1046 PM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021

INZ002-251200-
/O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0019.210925T0500Z-210925T1700Z/
Porter-
1046 PM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Porter County.

* WHEN...From midnight CDT tonight through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
775 
WHUS43 KLOT 250821
CFWLOT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Chicago IL
321 AM CDT Sat Sep 25 2021

INZ002-251700-
/O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210925T1700Z/
Porter-
321 AM CDT Sat Sep 25 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT
TODAY...

* WHAT...High wave action of 3 to 6 feet and dangerous currents 
  expected at Lake Michigan beaches.

* WHERE...Porter County beaches.

* WHEN...Until noon today. 

* 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.

&&

$$
462 
WHUS43 KLOT 251449
CFWLOT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Chicago IL
949 AM CDT Sat Sep 25 2021

INZ002-251700-
/O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210925T1700Z/
Porter-
949 AM CDT Sat Sep 25 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT
TODAY...

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

* WHERE...Porter County beaches.

* WHEN...Until noon today.

* 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.

&&

$$
509 
WHUS43 KLOT 251658
CFWLOT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Chicago IL
1158 AM CDT Sat Sep 25 2021

INZ002-252000-
/O.EXT.KLOT.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210925T2000Z/
Porter-
1158 AM CDT Sat Sep 25 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Porter County.

* WHEN...Until 3 PM CDT this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$
029 
WHUS43 KLOT 251943
CFWLOT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Chicago IL
243 PM CDT Sat Sep 25 2021

INZ002-252045-
/O.EXP.KLOT.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210925T2000Z/
Porter-
243 PM CDT Sat Sep 25 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

Waves will continue to gradually diminish along the Porter County
shore late this afternoon.

$$

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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.