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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 16, 2016, 2:58 PM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 17, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2016, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 17, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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 20:00 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, 8.0 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
- 1428 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
609 WHUS43 KGRB 161958 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 258 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016 .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN ON SUNDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DEVELOPING, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF RIP CURRENTS, ON LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE, WHICH WILL CAUSE A HAZARD TO BEACH GOERS. WIZ022-040-050-171000- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0002.160717T1600Z-160718T0300Z/ 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 258 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY 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 SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WAVES UP TO 6 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY 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. && $$ MPC
4 follow-up statements
715 WHUS43 KGRB 170755 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 255 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DEVELOPING, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF RIP CURRENTS, ON LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE, WHICH WILL CAUSE A HAZARD TO BEACH GOERS. WIZ022-040-050-171600- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0002.160717T1600Z-160718T0300Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH...CRESENT BEACH... CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH... RED ARROW BEACH 255 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION... BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH. BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH. * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WAVES UP TO 6 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$
257 WHUS43 KGRB 171534 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1034 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DEVELOPING, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF RIP CURRENTS, ON LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE, WHICH WILL CAUSE A HAZARD TO BEACH GOERS. WIZ022-040-050-180300- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0002.160717T1600Z-160718T0300Z/ 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 1034 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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 SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WAVES UP TO 6 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY 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. && $$ MPC
691 WHUS43 KGRB 172031 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 331 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 .SOUTH WINDS TODAY PRODUCED LARGE WAVES ON LAKE MICHIGAN. THE WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...REMAINING THE LONGEST OFF OF DOOR COUNTY...AS WINDS ARE NOW OFFSHORE. WIZ040-050-172145- /O.CAN.KGRB.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160718T0300Z/ KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...CRESENT BEACH... CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH... RED ARROW BEACH 331 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AS WINDS HAVE BECOME OFFSHORE. $$ WIZ022-180300- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160718T0300Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH 331 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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. * ALTHOUGH WINDS HAVE BECOME OFFSHORE...WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET ARE STILL EXPECTED ON THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OFF OF DOOR COUNTY 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. && $$ BERSCH
102 WHUS43 KGRB 180138 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 838 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 .SOUTH WINDS PRODUCED LARGE WAVES ON LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY. THE WAVES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. WIZ022-180300- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160718T0300Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH 838 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION... BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. * WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED ON THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OFF OF DOOR COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$ BERSCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 4:05 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 33 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016
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.