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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 18, 2015, 4:11 PM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 19, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2015, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 19, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 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 21:14 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, 9.2 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
- 363 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
357 WHUS43 KGRB 182111 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 411 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015 WIZ022-040-050-190515- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0006.150819T1200Z-150820T0100Z/ 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 411 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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. && $$ BERSCH
4 follow-up statements
002 WHUS43 KGRB 190159 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 859 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015 WIZ022-040-050-191000- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0006.150819T1200Z-150820T0100Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH...CRESENT BEACH... CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH... RED ARROW BEACH 859 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION... BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH. BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH. * STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$ BERSCH
386 WHUS43 KGRB 190836 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 336 AM CDT WED AUG 19 2015 WIZ022-040-050-191645- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0006.150819T1200Z-150820T0100Z/ 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 336 AM CDT WED AUG 19 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 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 SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH 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. && $$
550 WHUS43 KGRB 191523 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1023 AM CDT WED AUG 19 2015 WIZ022-040-050-192330- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150820T0100Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH...CRESENT BEACH... CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH... RED ARROW BEACH 1023 AM CDT WED AUG 19 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND KEWAUNEE BEACH. BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH. * STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$ ECKBERG
262 WHUS43 KGRB 192021 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 321 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2015 WIZ022-040-050-200100- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150820T0100Z/ 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 WED AUG 19 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND KEWAUNEE BEACH. BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH. * STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH 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 18, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Portage | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 4:08 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 51 hr |
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.