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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 12, 2023, 8:25 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Milwaukee County, Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2023, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2023, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
945
WHUS43 KMKX 130125
CFWMKX
Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
825 PM CDT Wed Jul 12 2023
WIZ066-071-072-130800-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0004.230713T0125Z-230713T0800Z/
Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha-
825 PM CDT Wed Jul 12 2023
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Life threatening waves of 3 to 6 feet and dangerous
currents are expected.
* WHERE...Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha Counties.
* WHEN...Until 3 AM CDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to
high waves and onshore winds.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... Several beaches that will be most
susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include
Grant Park Beach in Milwaukee...
Wind Point Lighthouse Beach in Racine...
Simmons Island Beach in Kenosha...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Stay out of the water and away from dangerous areas like piers
and breakwalls. Strong structural and longshore currents are
expected. Rip currents are possible.
&&
$$
MRC1 follow-up statement
242 WHUS43 KMKX 130748 CFWMKX Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 248 AM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023 WIZ066-071-072-130900- /O.EXP.KMKX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-230713T0800Z/ Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha- 248 AM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... Waves will continue to diminish this morning. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:21 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 7 hr | |
| Jul 13, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Sauk | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Rock | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Walworth | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.