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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 16, 2015, 9:03 AM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 16, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2015, 9:03 AM CDT (14:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 16, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 14:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 2.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1121 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
196 WHUS43 KGRB 161403 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 903 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2015 WIZ022-040-050-162215- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0005.150816T1500Z-150817T0100Z/ 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 903 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 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. * STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 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. && $$ ECKBERG
1 follow-up statement
279 WHUS43 KGRB 162038 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 338 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2015 WIZ022-040-050-170100- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150817T0100Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH...CRESENT BEACH... CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH... RED ARROW BEACH 338 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION... BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH. BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH. * STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$ BERSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:47 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 16 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.