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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI
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.
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Iowa | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Dane | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 2:39 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 15 hr |
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.