Beach Hazards Statement
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI ยท US
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Details
Beach Hazards Statement In Effect From Friday Morning Through Friday Afternoon
- Event
- Beach Hazards Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Life threatening waves of 3 to 4 feet and dangerous currents are expected.
Where
Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha Counties.
When
From Friday morning through Friday afternoon.
Impacts
Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high waves and onshore winds.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- Milwaukee County, WI
- Racine County, WI
- Kenosha County, WI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m12s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RCTBB0PNX5CQBFY99ANX4Z
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.999191923db458d5e4ca1faead9e571b248dec70.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMKX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2241
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | BHS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWMKX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS43 KMKX 171916 |
| NWSheadline | BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMKX.BH.S.0021.260918T1200Z-260918T1900Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T14:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Milwaukee County, WI
- Racine County, WI
- Kenosha County, WI
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 055079 |
| SAME | 055101 |
| SAME | 055059 |
| UGC | WIZ066 |
| UGC | WIZ071 |
| UGC | WIZ072 |