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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 20, 2021, 4:53 PM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Jun 21, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2021, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 21, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2021, 3:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Chicago, IL
Counties Lake County, IN, Porter County, IN
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
874 WHUS43 KLOT 202153 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 453 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021 INZ001-002-210600- /O.NEW.KLOT.BH.S.0004.210621T1200Z-210622T0300Z/ Lake IN-Porter- 453 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...Lake IN and Porter Counties. * WHEN...From Monday morning through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
718 WHUS43 KLOT 210909 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 409 AM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021 INZ001-002-211715- /O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0004.210621T1200Z-210622T0300Z/ Lake IN-Porter- 409 AM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...Lake IN and Porter Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Wave heights of 4 to 7 feet are expected. Stay dry when waves are high! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other shoreline structures. && $$
734 WHUS43 KLOT 211757 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL Issued by National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1257 PM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021 INZ001-002-212300- /O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-210622T0300Z/ Lake-Porter- 1257 PM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...Lake and Porter Counties of northwest Indiana. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Wave heights of 4 to 6 feet, occasionally up to 8 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, break walls, or other shoreline structures. && $$ Geelhart
434 WHUS43 KLOT 212135 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 435 PM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021 INZ001-002-220300- /O.CON.KLOT.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-210622T0300Z/ Lake IN-Porter- 435 PM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...Lake and Porter Counties of northwest Indiana. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Wave heights of 4 to 7 feet are expected. Stay dry when waves are high! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other shoreline structures. && $$
687 WHUS43 KLOT 220246 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 946 PM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021 INZ001-002-220900- /O.EXT.KLOT.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-210622T0900Z/ Lake IN-Porter- 946 PM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. * WHERE...Lake IN and Porter Counties. * WHEN...Until 4 AM CDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Wave heights of 4 to 7 feet will gradually diminish overnight. 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. && $$
313 WHUS43 KLOT 220820 CFWLOT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Chicago IL 320 AM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 INZ001-002-220930- /O.CAN.KLOT.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-210622T0900Z/ Lake IN-Porter- 320 AM CDT Tue Jun 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Waves have subsided below 4 feet along the Illinois and Indiana beaches. $$
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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.