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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 30, 2014Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 30, 2014, 9:08 AM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2014, 9:08 AM CDT (14:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Door County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2014-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2014-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

701 
WHUS43 KGRB 301408
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
908 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

WIZ022-302215-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0001.140630T1408Z-140701T0200Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH...
BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH
908 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING 
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* LOCATION...

  BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH...
  BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH.

* PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET TO THE
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH 9 PM...
  RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A
STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID
SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS.

&&

$$
BERSCH
2 follow-up statements
072 
WHUS43 KGRB 301526
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1026 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

WIZ022-302330-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-140701T0200Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH...
BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH
1026 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING 
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATION...

  BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH...  
  BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH.

* PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET TO THE
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF DOOR COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM... RESULTING IN
  DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A
STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID
SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS.

&&

$$
BERSCH
405 
WHUS43 KGRB 302012
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
312 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

WIZ022-010200-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-140701T0200Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH...
BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH
312 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING 
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATION...

  BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH...  
  BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH.

* PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 4 FEET TO THE 
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF DOOR COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM... RESULTING 
  IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A
STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID
SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS.

&&

$$
BERSCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBVilas42 min
Jun 30, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB95 min

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2014Every beach hazards statement in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.