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Beach Hazards Statement 20, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 21, 2022, 4:04 AM CDT for Cook County, Lake County, Illinois; Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Sep 21, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2022, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 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 09:07 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 301 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
- 619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this beach hazards statement went out at Sep 20, 6:34 PM CDT, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 6:34 PM CDT, 9 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 20, 3:09 PM CDT, 12 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL 309 PM CDT Tue Sep 20 2022 ILZ003>006-008-010>013-019>021-023-032-033-039-103>108-INZ001-002- 010-011-019-212015- Winnebago-Boone-McHenry-Lake IL-Ogle-Lee-De Kalb-Kane-DuPage- La Salle-Kendall-Grundy-Kankakee-Livingston-Iroquois-Ford- Northern Cook-Central Cook-Southern Cook-Northern Will- Southern Will-Eastern Will-Lake IN-Porter-Newton-Jasper-Benton- 309 PM CDT Tue Sep 20 2022 /409 PM EDT Tue Sep 20 2022/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North Central Illinois...Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Limited Severe Thunderstorm Risk, mainly near the Wisconsin border. Elevated Excessive Heat Risk, mainly away from Chicago. DISCUSSION... Isolated thunderstorms may track along the Illinois and Wisconsin border this evening with damaging winds and hail the main threats. Late-season heat will continue this afternoon mainly away from the Chicago metropolitan area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Wednesday... Limited Thunderstorm Risk near and south of I-80 in the afternoon. High Swim Risk developing in the evening. Thursday... High Swim Risk. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be necessary through tonight. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Moving toward the east southeast at 25 mph. LMZ740>745-212015- Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL- Wilmette Harbor to Northerly Island IL- Northerly Island to Calumet Harbor IL- Calumet Harbor IL to Gary IN-Gary to Burns Harbor IN- Burns Harbor to Michigan City IN- 309 PM CDT Tue Sep 20 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Illinois nearshore waters of Lake Michigan and the Indiana nearshore waters of Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Hazardous conditions for small craft. Limited Severe Thunderstorm Risk. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Wednesday... Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely. Limited Thunderstorm Risk. Thursday... Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely. Sunday... Limited Thunderstorm Risk. Monday... Hazardous conditions for small craft are likely. Borchardt Visit us at www.weather.gov/chicago Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube at: www.facebook.com/nwschicago www.twitter.com/nwschicago www.youtube.com/nwschicago
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 4:02 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 48 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Illinois, 2022Beach Hazards Statements in Indiana, 2022Every beach hazards statement in 2022
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.