Beach Hazards Statement
NWS Chicago IL ยท US
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Details
Beach Hazards Statement In Effect From Late Tonight 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
High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. Waves of 3 to 6 ft expected.
Where
Lake IL, Northern Cook and Central Cook Counties.
When
From late tonight through Friday afternoon.
Impacts
Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers.
Additional details
An additional period of dangerous swimming conditions is expected Friday night into early next week.
Instructions
Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other shoreline structures.
Affected areas
- Lake County, IL
- Northern Cook
- Central Cook
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Chicago IL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~44s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RE3KNCATNPBYTF77S81HJS
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e1d84d7286193cc78a2067a30f43e8a9d6b2aae8.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Chicago IL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLOT
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2623
- 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 | CFWLOT |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS43 KLOT 171939 |
| NWSheadline | BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KLOT.BH.S.0015.260918T1000Z-260918T2000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T15:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lake County, IL
- Northern Cook
- Central Cook
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 017097 |
| SAME | 017031 |
| UGC | ILZ006 |
| UGC | ILZ103 |
| UGC | ILZ104 |