July 18, 2026

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⚠️ Beach Hazards Statement – Ozaukee; Milwaukee; Racine; Kenosha – Saturday, July 18, 2026

Event Beach Hazards Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Likely
Area Ozaukee; Milwaukee; Racine; Kenosha
Effective 7/18/2026, 2:04:00 AM CDT
Expires 7/18/2026, 10:15:00 AM CDT

Beach Hazards Statement issued July 18 at 2:04AM CDT until July 19 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI

Details

* WHAT…Life threatening waves of 3 to 5 feet and dangerous
currents are expected.

* WHERE…Ozaukee, Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha Counties.

* WHEN…From this evening through Sunday morning.

* 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.


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.