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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 5, 2014Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 5, 2014, 4:04 AM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 5, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2014, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 5, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 5, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
9 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 09:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2108 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

366 
WHUS43 KGRB 050904
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
404 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

WIZ022-051715-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0002.140705T1800Z-140706T0300Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH...
BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH
404 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 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 5 FEET TO THE
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF DOOR COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING...
  RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION MAY
  CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

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
1 follow-up statement
511 
WHUS43 KGRB 051913
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
213 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

WIZ022-060300-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140706T0300Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH...
BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH
213 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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 5 FEET TO THE
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF DOOR COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING...
  RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 

* HIGH WAVE ACTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY.

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 2:42 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB31 hr

Nearby

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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.