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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 15, 2021, 2:54 AM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana; Cook County, Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 15, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2021, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
Counties Cook County, IL, Lake County, IL, Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 2425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
230 WHUS43 KLOT 150754 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 254 AM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021 ILZ006-103-104-INZ001-002-151800- /O.NEW.KLOT.BH.S.0003.210615T2100Z-210616T1200Z/ Lake IL-Northern Cook-Central Cook-Lake IN-Porter- 254 AM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...In Indiana, Lake IN and Porter Counties. In Illinois, Lake IL, Northern and Central Cook Counties. * WHEN...From 4 PM CDT this afternoon through 7 AM CDT Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers. For information on swim advisories or bans at Chicago beaches: www. cpdbeaches. com. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Wave heights of 3 to 6 feet are expected. Stay dry when waves are high! 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. && $$ Carlaw
4 follow-up statements
757 WHUS43 KLOT 151439 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 939 AM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021 ILZ006-103-104-INZ001-002-152245- /O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0003.210615T2100Z-210616T1200Z/ Lake IL-Northern Cook-Central Cook-Lake IN-Porter- 939 AM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...In Indiana, Lake and Porter Counties. In Illinois, Lake and Northern and Central Cook Counties. * WHEN...From 4 PM CDT this afternoon through 7 AM CDT Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers. For information on swim advisories or bans at Chicago beaches: www. cpdbeaches. com. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Wave heights of 3 to 6 feet are expected. Stay dry when waves are high! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other shoreline structures. && $$
427 WHUS43 KLOT 152002 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 302 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021 ILZ006-103-104-INZ001-002-160415- /O.EXT.KLOT.BH.S.0003.210616T0000Z-210616T1200Z/ Lake IL-Northern Cook-Central Cook-Lake IN-Porter- 302 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...In Indiana, Lake and Porter Counties. In Illinois, Lake and Northern and Central Cook Counties. * WHEN...From 7 PM CDT this evening through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers. For information on swim advisories or bans at Chicago beaches: www. cpdbeaches. com. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Wave heights of 3 to 6 feet are expected. Stay dry when waves are high!. 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. && $$ Castro
138 WHUS43 KLOT 160753 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 253 AM CDT Wed Jun 16 2021 ILZ006-160900- /O.CAN.KLOT.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-210616T1200Z/ Lake IL- 253 AM CDT Wed Jun 16 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Waves will continue to diminish early this morning. The Beach Hazards Statement is cancelled. $$ ILZ103-104-INZ001-002-161200- /O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-210616T1200Z/ Northern Cook-Central Cook-Lake IN-Porter- 253 AM CDT Wed Jun 16 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...In Indiana, Lake and Porter Counties. In Illinois, Lake and Northern and Central Cook Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers. For information on swim advisories or bans at Chicago beaches: www. cpdbeaches. com. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Wave heights of 3 to 5 feet are expected. Stay dry when waves are high! 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. && $$ Carlaw
698 WHUS43 KLOT 161200 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 700 AM CDT Wed Jun 16 2021 ILZ103-104-INZ001-002-161300- /O.EXP.KLOT.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-210616T1200Z/ Northern Cook-Central Cook-Lake IN-Porter- 700 AM CDT Wed Jun 16 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... Waves will continue to diminish this morning. The Beach Hazards Statement has been allowed to expire. $$ Petr
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 3:03 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 24 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Indiana, 2021Beach Hazards Statements in Illinois, 2021Every beach hazards statement in 2021
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.