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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 6, 2015, 3:44 AM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 6, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2015, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 6, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
County Door County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 1350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
128 WHUS43 KGRB 060844 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 344 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 WIZ022-061645- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0008.150906T2100Z-150907T0100Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH 344 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON 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 THIS AFTERNOON 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. * STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY 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. && $$ KURIMSKI
1 follow-up statement
634 WHUS43 KGRB 061513 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1013 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 WIZ022-062315- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.150906T2100Z-150907T0100Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH 1013 AM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION... BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. * STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM MID-AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$ BERSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 3:41 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 21 hr | |
| Sep 6, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida | 52 min |
| Sep 6, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon | 54 min |
| Sep 6, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Langlade, Marathon, Wood | 57 min |
| Sep 6, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Langlade | 37 min |
| Sep 6, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Wood | 46 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.