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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 18, 2015, 10:01 AM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 18, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 2015, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 18, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 15:03 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 383 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
- 1342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
345 WHUS43 KGRB 181501 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1001 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 WIZ022-040-050-190100- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0004.150718T1700Z-150719T0100Z/ 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 1001 AM CDT SAT JUL 18 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 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 8 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. * DEVELOPING SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH 8 PM 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Wood | 64 min |
| Jul 18, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Portage, Shawano, Waupaca and 2 more | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Calumet, Outagamie, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Shawano and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 6:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 83 min | |
| Jul 18, 6:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marinette | 86 min |
| Jul 18, 6:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 22 min | |
| Jul 18, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 63 min | |
| Jul 18, 10:56 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 10 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.