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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 29, 2014Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 29, 2014, 10:26 AM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 29, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2014, 10:26 AM CDT (15:26 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 29, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 29, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:29 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 2014-08-29Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2014-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 338 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
532 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 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.

930 
WHUS43 KGRB 291526
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1026 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014

WIZ022-040-050-292330-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0007.140829T1600Z-140830T0300Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH...
BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH...CRESENT BEACH...
CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH...
RED ARROW BEACH
1026 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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 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.

  BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND
  CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH.

  BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH
  BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH.

* PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET TO THE
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH 10 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
1 follow-up statement
746 
WHUS43 KGRB 292021
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
321 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014

WIZ022-040-050-300300-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140830T0300Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH...
BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH...CRESENT BEACH...
CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH...
RED ARROW BEACH
321 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 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.

  BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND   CITY
  OF KEWAUNEE BEACH.

  BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH  
  BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH.

* PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE 
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH 10 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
Aug 29, 10:21 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB21 hr
Aug 29, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLanglade, Menominee37 min

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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.