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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Chicago, IL

August 16, 2023Lake County, Porter County, Indiana

NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 16, 2023, 7:48 PM CDT for Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It took effect at Aug 17, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 2023, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 17, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2023, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 23 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 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 16, 7:05 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 7:05 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Winnebago	28 min
Aug 17, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LOT	Boone, McHenry, Winnebago	23 min
Aug 17, 6:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Ogle	36 min
Aug 17, 6:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	DeKalb	30 min
Aug 17, 7:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Woodford	33 min
Aug 17, 8:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Grundy	32 min
Aug 17, 8:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LOT	Kankakee	32 min

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Indiana, 2023 Every beach hazards statement in 2023

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.