Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Rising Slowly
Issued by the National Weather Service - Chicago, IL
Areas Affected: Lake; Northern Cook; Central Cook
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Wednesday 9:22pm CDT
Alert Effective: Wednesday 9:22pm CDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 5:30am CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Wednesday 10:00pm CDT
Event Ends: Friday 1:00am CDT
Issued by: NWS Chicago IL
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High wave action and dangerous currents expected at Lake Michigan beaches. Waves 4 to 6 feet expected. * WHERE...Lake IL, Northern Cook and Central Cook Counties. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Swimming conditions will be life threatening, especially for inexperienced swimmers. For information on swim advisories or bans at Chicago beaches: www. cpdbeaches. com.
Remain out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions and do not venture out onto piers, jetties, breakwalls, or other shoreline structures.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4e7074bea0cf8c34c38c838e7e13f3178bddbabf.001.1 Codes: ILZ006, ILZ103, ILZ104 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4e7074bea0cf8c34c38c838e7e13f3178bddbabf.001.1
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