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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 6, 2015Door County, Wisconsin

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 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2015-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1350 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 3:41 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB21 hr
Sep 6, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLincoln, Marathon, Oneida52 min
Sep 6, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBForest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon54 min
Sep 6, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLanglade, Marathon, Wood57 min
Sep 6, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLanglade37 min
Sep 6, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood46 min

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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.