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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 12, 2023Kenosha County, Milwaukee County, Racine County, Wisconsin

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2023-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2023-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

&&

$$

MRC
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:21 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX7 hr
Jul 13, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXSauk42 min
Jul 13, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXRock37 min
Jul 13, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXWalworth39 min
Jul 13, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock, Walworth27 min
Jul 13, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock, Walworth32 min

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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.