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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 9, 2016Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 9, 2016, 8:40 AM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 9, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2016, 8:40 AM CDT (13:40 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 9, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 9, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Door County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 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 12:00Z on 2016-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2016-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1193 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

200 
WHUS43 KGRB 091340
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
840 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2016

DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION
WIZ022-100000-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0004.160809T1800Z-160810T0000Z/
DOOR-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH...
BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH
840 AM CDT TUE AUG 9 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 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 4 FEET TO THE LAKE
  MICHIGAN SHORE OF DOOR COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM... 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.

&&

$$

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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.