Alert archive / Wisconsin / Rip Current Statements in 2026
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this rip current statement at Jun 28, 2026, 7:47 AM CDT for Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 29, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2026, 7:47 AM CDT (12:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 29, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2026, 8:24 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Ozaukee County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:51 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 371 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
- 1135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
486 WHUS43 KMKX 281247 CFWMKX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 747 AM CDT Sun Jun 28 2026 WIZ052-060-282100- /O.NEW.KMKX.RP.S.0001.260629T0900Z-260630T0300Z/ Sheboygan-Ozaukee- 747 AM CDT Sun Jun 28 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Life threatening waves of 4 to 6 feet and dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Sheboygan and Ozaukee Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Moderate swim risk for Milwaukee and Racine County beaches to the south of the high swim risk during same timeframe. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
1 follow-up statement
637 WHUS43 KMKX 281324 AAA CFWMKX Lakeshore Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 824 AM CDT Sun Jun 28 2026 WIZ052-060-282130- /O.CAN.KMKX.RP.S.0001.260629T0900Z-260630T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0010.260629T0900Z-260630T0300Z/ Sheboygan-Ozaukee- 824 AM CDT Sun Jun 28 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Life threatening waves of 4 to 6 feet and dangerous currents are expected. * WHERE...Sheboygan and Ozaukee Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high waves and onshore winds. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Moderate swim risk for Milwaukee and Racine County beaches to the south of the high swim risk during same timeframe. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water and away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. Strong structural and longshore currents are expected. Rip currents are possible. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 1:51 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Watch | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 11 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:45 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 38 hr | |
| Jun 28, 8:24 AM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan | 38 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:55 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 4 days |
| Jun 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 70 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Wisconsin, 2026Every rip current statement in 2026
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.