A young lady drowned in Lake Michigan, at McKinley Marina. Winds were around 10 mph during the afternoon, with an onshore component.
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A young lady drowned in Lake Michigan, at McKinley Marina. Winds were around 10 mph during the afternoon, with an onshore component. Lake water temperatures were dangerously cold in the 40s. The young lady was found 30 to 40 feet outside of the breakwater.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 23, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 250 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022 .SHORT TERM... (Issued 250 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022) Tonight through Tuesday night: Extensive CU field will show some dissipation trends into the evening hours. However plenty of mid/high clouds streaming in from Iowa. High pressure will largely remain in control through Tuesday. This will result in a continuation of on onshore wind. Winds likely to increase Tuesday night as pressure gradient tightens up. best chance of rain moving into the area would be after midnight and mainly in parts of SC WI. && .LONG TERM... (Issued 250 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022) Wednesday through Monday: The better forcing and deeper moisture will arrive in southern WI as the surface low gets into southeast IA and western IL Wednesday morning. The brunt of the precip will arrive after 12Z, but timing is still uncertain. The low is expected to slide northward through central WI Wed. This will push the warm front through our area and we should see a period of showers and thunderstorms. The elevated instability with the front will be weak so no severe storms are anticipated. Far southeast WI could briefly get into the warm sector Wed afternoon and evening, so we will continue to watch for any storm potential. The blend of models suggests around an inch of rain is possible for all of southern WI. By Wednesday night, drier air will wrap into our area and diminish our precip chances. We could see lingering clouds from this system through Thursday afternoon, along with a chance for scattered showers, due to steep low level lapse rates with the upper trough slow to exit. Speaking of slow to exit, the latest operational GFS now has the upper trough morph into a closed upper low over MO on Thu and slowly tracks it across IL and the Ohio River Valley Fri- Sun. This is a big change from yesterday and it shares at least a third of the ensemble member solutions, but it is still an outlier solution. The ECMWF (and the Canadian) does the opposite and keeps that upper trough progressive and moves it well out of our area by Friday night. What does this mean for our weather? If ridging moves in Fri as the ECMWF suggests, then we will be warm Friday through the holiday weekend. We would be dry Fri and then have a brief chance of showers Sat with a weak shortwave. If the closed upper low sets up to our south as the GFS suggests, then we could be cool and cloudy with rain chances Fri and Sat. For Sunday and beyond, an upper trough will develop over the northern Plains. The trough may sit there through the middle of next week and keep us warm and dry, or it may make eastward progress and bring chances for showers and storms around Tuesday. Cronce && .AVIATION... (Issued 250 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022) VFR CU field should show some dissipation trends as the evening wears along. Onshore flow will continue this period. A considerable shield of mid and high level clouds across Iowa will be working in across the area as well. Outside of the CU field most moisture this period will be at or above 600 millibars per Bufkit soundings. && .MARINE... (Issued 250 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022) A continuation of the onshore flow is expected this period as high pressure slowly retreats. The pressure gradient will tighten up Tuesday night especially across the southern 1/3 of the lake or so. This will strengthen the onshore wind. As low pressure rides up and through the Upper Midwest Wednesday the 925 wind max prog suggests some windier conditions will affect much of the lake. At this point a small craft advisory looks like it may be needed for Tuesday night into possibly Wednesday evening. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...None. LM...None. && Visit us at weather.gov/milwaukee Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube at: www.facebook.com/NWSMilwaukee www.twitter.com/NWSMilwaukee www.youtube.com/NWSMilwaukee
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 202 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-241915- Marquette-Green Lake-Fond du Lac-Sheboygan-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge- Washington-Ozaukee-Iowa-Dane-Jefferson-Waukesha-Milwaukee- Lafayette-Green-Rock-Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- 202 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of east central Wisconsin, south central Wisconsin and southeast Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Monday Thunderstorms are possible midweek. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. LMZ643>646-241915- Sheboygan to Port Washington WI- Port Washington to North Point Light WI- North Point Light to Wind Point WI- Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL- 202 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the nearshore waters from Sheboygan Wisconsin to Winthrop Harbor Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Monday Small craft conditions are likely as early as Tuesday night and possibly continuing into Wednesday evening. LMZ080-261-362-364-366-563-565-567-669-671-673-675-777-779-868- 870-872-874-876-878-241915- Lake Michigan Michigan City IN to St. Joseph MI 5 NM offshore to mid-line of lake.- Lake Michigan from Seul Choix Point to Rock Island Passage 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan South of a line from Seul Choix Point to the Mackinac Bridge and North of a line from Charlevoix MI to South Fox Island 5NM offshore- Lake Michigan from Charlevoix to Point Betsie MI 5NM Offshore to mid lake- Lake Michigan from Point Betsie to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Rock Island Passage to Sturgeon Bay WI 5NM offshore to mid lake- Lake Michigan from Sturgeon Bay to Two Rivers WI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Two Rivers to Sheboygan WI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Sheboygan to Port Washington WI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Port Washington to North Point Light WI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from North Point Light to Wind Point WI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wind Point WI to Winthrop Harbor IL 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Winthrop Harbor to Wilmette Harbor IL 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Wilmette Harbor to Michigan City in 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Pentwater to Manistee MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Whitehall to Pentwater MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to Whitehall MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from Holland to Grand Haven MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- Lake Michigan from South Haven to Holland MI 5NM offshore to Mid lake- Lake Michigan from St Joseph to South Haven MI 5NM offshore to Mid Lake- 202 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the open waters of Lake Michigan. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Monday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. www.weather.gov/mkx
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A young lady drowned in Lake Michigan, at McKinley Marina. Winds were around 10 mph during the afternoon, with an onshore component. Lake water temperatures were dangerously cold in the 40s. The young lady was found 30 to 40 feet outside of the breakwater.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Milwaukee | 2022-05-23 | 16 | In Water | Direct |
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