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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Chicago, IL
NWS Chicago, IL issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 25, 2023, 3:25 AM CDT for Cook County, Lake County, Illinois; Lake County, Porter County, Indiana. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2023, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2023, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 2764 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Chicago, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LOT | McHenry | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 2:46 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | LOT | 18 hr | |
| Aug 25, 2:48 PM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | LOT | Cook, Lake | 55 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Illinois, 2023Beach Hazards Statements in Indiana, 2023Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.