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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 12, 20254 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 12, 2025, 2:38 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 12, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2025, 2:38 PM CDT (19:38 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 12, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 13, 2025, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI

Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 12:00Z on 2025-06-12Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2025-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -89 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

523 
WHUS43 KMKX 121938
CFWMKX

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
238 PM CDT Thu Jun 12 2025

WIZ052-060-066-071-130345-
/O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0003.250613T0000Z-250613T1100Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-Milwaukee-Racine-
238 PM CDT Thu Jun 12 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Life threatening waves of 3 to 5 feet and dangerous 
  currents are expected.

* WHERE...Sheboygan, Ozaukee, Milwaukee and Racine Counties.

* WHEN...From 7 PM CDT this evening through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to 
  high waves and onshore winds.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
768 
WHUS43 KMKX 130137
CFWMKX

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
837 PM CDT Thu Jun 12 2025

WIZ052-060-066-071-130945-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250613T1100Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-Milwaukee-Racine-
837 PM CDT Thu Jun 12 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Life threatening waves of 3 to 5 feet and dangerous 
  currents are expected.

* WHERE...Sheboygan, Ozaukee, Milwaukee and Racine Counties.

* WHEN...From 7 PM CDT this evening through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to 
  high waves and onshore winds.

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.

&&

$$
643 
WHUS43 KMKX 130812
CFWMKX

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
312 AM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

WIZ052-060-066-071-131100-
/O.CON.KMKX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250613T1100Z/
Sheboygan-Ozaukee-Milwaukee-Racine-
312 AM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT EARLY
THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Life threatening waves of 3 to 5 feet and dangerous 
  currents are expected.

* WHERE...Sheboygan, Ozaukee, Milwaukee and Racine Counties.

* WHEN...Until 6 AM CDT early this morning.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to 
  high waves and onshore winds.

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXIowa51 min
Jun 11, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMKXDane40 min
Jun 12, 2:39 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX15 hr

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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.