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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 28, 2014, 3:38 AM CDT for Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2014, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
County Manitowoc County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 54 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
714 WHUS43 KGRB 280838 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 338 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 WIZ050-281645- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0006.140728T0838Z-140728T2300Z/ MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH... RED ARROW BEACH 338 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH. * PERSISTENT NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF DOOR COUNTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. NORTH WINDS WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST WAVE ACTION ALONG POINT BEACH. 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. && $$ BERSCH
2 follow-up statements
083 WHUS43 KGRB 281510 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1010 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 WIZ050-282300- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140728T2300Z/ MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH... RED ARROW BEACH 1010 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH... NESHOTAH BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH. * PERSISTENT NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF DOOR COUNTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. NORTH WINDS WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST WAVE ACTION ALONG POINT BEACH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$
783 WHUS43 KGRB 281940 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 240 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 WIZ050-282300- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140728T2300Z/ MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH... RED ARROW BEACH 240 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH... NESHOTAH BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH. * PERSISTENT NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF DOOR COUNTY...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. NORTH WINDS WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST WAVE ACTION ALONG POINT BEACH. 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this beach hazards statement went out at Jul 27, 11:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 11:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1153 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 UPDATED AVIATION PORTION FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 235 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 COOLER AND LESS HUMID FOR THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. MAJOR AMPLIFICATION OF THE LNGWV PATTERN IS UNDERWAY. UPR TROFS WL SETTLE IN OFF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST AND OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION...WHILE AN UPR RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY STABLE PATTERN... WITH THE MAIN FEATURES REMAINING IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE FCST PERIOD. ABOUT THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE THAT WILL OCCUR WL BE A GRADUAL WEAKENING OF THE FLOW ACRS THE CONUS AS THE COLD AIR WITHIN THE UPR TROFS SLOWLY MODIFIES. THE NW UPR FLOW REGIME WILL KEEP TEMPS AT LEAST A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD. THERE WILL BE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRECIPITATION AS DISTURBANCES RIDE SEWD ACRS THE AREA AND INTO THE ERN GREAT LAKES UPR TROF. BUT THE MAIN POOL OF VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WL REMAIN WELL TO OUR S...SO WITH MOISTURE LIMITED...PCPN AMNTS WL BE MODEST. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND MONDAY ISSUED AT 235 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 THE LATEST RAP ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE/RADAR IMAGERY SHOW A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW DIVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOST WIDESPREAD SO FAR TO DAY OVER NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN WHERE PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AROUND MIDDAY OVER NORTHERN OCONTO AND MARINETTE...BUT NO REPORTS OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER. JUST BEHIND THE UPPER LOW...A COLD FRONT IS DROPPING SOUTH OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND THE BACK EDGE OF THE CLOUD LINE IS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS SOUTHWARD OVER CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR. AS THE UPPER LOW EXITS...THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS REVOLVE AROUND TIMING THE END OF THE PRECIP AND FOLLOWED BY CLOUDS/TEMPS. TONIGHT...UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. BEHIND THE LOW...PROGGED SOUNDINGS SHOW INCREASING SUBSIDENCE AS EVIDENT BY MID-LEVEL DRYING AND A CAP BUILDING AT AROUND 750MB THROUGH THE EVENING. BUT LEFT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER EAST-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH ABOUT MID-EVENING AS MID AND LOW LEVELS STILL LOOK RELATIVELY MOIST THROUGH THIS TIME. AS THIS IS OCCURRING...A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL BE DROPPING SOUTH OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE CLEARING SKIES SHOULD OCCUR BEHIND ITS PASSAGE. THIS CLEARING WILL WORK INTO FAR NORTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN LAST BY LATE IN THE EVENING. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL PUT A CHILL IN THE AIR BEHIND THE FRONT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 40S NORTH TO MIDDLE 50S SOUTH. MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE NOSING INTO THE AREA WHICH WILL MAKE FOR A QUIET AND SEASONABLY COOL MID-SUMMERS DAY. SHOULD SEE DIURNAL CU POP AGAIN BY LATE IN THE MORNING ONLY TO BE CAPPED OFF AT AROUND 750-700MB. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ISSUED AT 235 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 TOUGH TO ADD MUCH RESOLUTION TO THE FCST BEYOND THE DIURNAL TREND FOR MORE CLDS AND SHRA DURING THE AFTN/EARLY EVENING...AND A MIN IN THE CLDS AND PCPN CHCS LATE AT NIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING. STAYED CLOSE TO BROAD BASED BLEND OF GUIDANCE PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT. && .AVIATION...FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE ISSUED AT 1142 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA BRINGING CLEARING SKIES AND COOLER TEMPS TO THE AREA. SHOULD SEE GOOD FLYING WEATHER TOMORROW WITH VFR DIURNAL CU BUILDING BY LATE MORNING. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS.......SKOWRONSKI SHORT TERM.....MPC LONG TERM......SKOWRONSKI AVIATION.......TE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 2:35 PM CDT, 13 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 235 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-281945- VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE- MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE- WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET- MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO- 235 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING OVER EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY....BUT IT IS VERY UNLIKELY ANY OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. LMZ521-522-541>543-281945- THE BAY OF GREEN BAY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-LAKE MICHIGAN FROM WASHINGTON ISLAND TO SHEBOYGAN- 235 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE WATERS OF GREEN BAY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING FROM SHEBOYGAN TO ALGOMA AND POSE A HAZARD TO BOATERS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES WILL CREATE CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MPC/JS
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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.