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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 4, 2016, 3:57 AM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 4, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2016, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 4, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
443 WHUS43 KGRB 040857 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 357 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION WIZ022-041700- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0003.160804T1700Z-160805T0300Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH 357 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY 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 SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
549 WHUS43 KGRB 040937 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 437 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 .SOUTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE LARGE WAVES ON LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY AND CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG THE EASTERN LAKESHORE OF DOOR COUNTY. WIZ022-041745- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0003.160804T1700Z-160805T0300Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH 437 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION... BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF DOOR COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$
863 WHUS43 KGRB 041527 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1027 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION WIZ022-042330- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0003.160804T1700Z-160805T0300Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH 1027 AM CDT THU AUG 4 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. * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF DOOR COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE 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. && $$
332 WHUS43 KGRB 041948 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 248 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION WIZ022-050300- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160805T0300Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH 248 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH...BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. * STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF DOOR COUNTY INTO THE EVENING...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 3:26 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 22 hr | |
| Aug 4, 10:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas | 70 min |
| Aug 4, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Lincoln, Oneida, Vilas | 72 min |
| Aug 4, 10:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marathon, Wood | 77 min |
| Aug 4, 11:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Lincoln | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Marathon, Shawano | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Portage, Waushara, Wood | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest, Langlade, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marinette, Oconto | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Outagamie, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago | 89 min |
| Aug 4, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Winnebago | 55 min |
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.