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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Chicago, IL
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 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.
- 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
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.