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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 6, 2015Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 6, 2015, 3:27 AM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 6, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2015, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 6, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 6, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
12 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 08:27 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, 8.5 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-06Temperature 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 2015-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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.

199 
WHUS43 KGRB 060827
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
327 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

WIZ022-040-050-061630-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0003.150706T1500Z-150707T0300Z/
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
327 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING
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 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING 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.

  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.

* STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE MONDAY
  EVENING... RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT
LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO
STRONG CURRENTS.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
636 
WHUS43 KGRB 061617
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1117 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

WIZ022-040-050-070000-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150707T0300Z/
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
1117 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

...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.

* STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE MONDAY
  EVENING...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT
LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO
STRONG CURRENTS.

&&

$$

AK
190 
WHUS43 KGRB 062028
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
328 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

WIZ022-040-050-070300-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150707T0300Z/
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
328 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

...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 SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO
  THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE THIS
  EVENING...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT
LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO
STRONG CURRENTS.

&&

$$

BERSCH
537 
WHUS43 KGRB 070146
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
846 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

WIZ022-040-050-070300-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150707T0300Z/
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
846 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

...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 SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO 
  THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE 
  THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT 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 6, 1:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln, Oneida, Vilas82 min
Jul 6, 6:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Wood38 min
Jul 6, 7:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLanglade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Wood55 min
Jul 6, 8:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBForest, Langlade, Portage, Waupaca61 min
Jul 6, 9:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBFlorence, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca59 min
Jul 6, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBShawano22 min
Jul 6, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBShawano31 min
Jul 6, 5:02 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGRBShawano28 min
Jul 6, 5:28 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGRBShawano32 min
Jul 6, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBOconto32 min
Jul 6, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOconto50 min

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2015Every beach hazards statement in 2015

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.