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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 16, 2016Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 16, 2016, 3:36 AM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 16, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2016, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 16, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 17, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
18 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 08:35 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, 8.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2016-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 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.

669 
WHUS43 KGRB 160836
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
336 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION
WIZ022-040-050-161645-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0010.160916T1200Z-160917T0300Z/
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 FRI SEP 16 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS 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 SOUTHEAST 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
113 
WHUS43 KGRB 161519
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1019 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

WIZ022-040-050-162330-
/O.EXT.KGRB.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160917T0600Z/
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
1019 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE 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 SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TO THE
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE
  EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST WAVES NORTH OF STURGEON BAY...
  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
988 
WHUS43 KGRB 162043
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
343 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION
WIZ022-040-050-170445-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160917T0600Z/
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
343 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

* 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 SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TO THE 
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE 
  EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST WAVES NORTH OF STURGEON BAY... 
  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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 3:39 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB21 hr
Sep 16, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown42 min
Sep 16, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown24 min
Sep 16, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBKewaunee26 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.