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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 20, 2016, 3:11 PM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2016, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 20:13 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, 8.2 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
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
950 WHUS43 KGRB 202011 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 311 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2016 WIZ022-040-050-210400- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0005.160820T2011Z-160821T0400Z/ 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 311 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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 SOUTH WINDS TODAY HAVE BUILT WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ON THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
497 WHUS43 KGRB 210243 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 943 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2016 WIZ022-040-050-210400- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-160821T0400Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH...CRESENT BEACH... CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH... RED ARROW BEACH 943 PM CDT SAT AUG 20 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION... BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH. BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH. * HIGH WAVES THROUGH LATE EVENING WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$ TSK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Calumet, Winnebago | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 10:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Kewaunee | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 10:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 63 min | |
| Aug 20, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Door | 59 min |
Nearby
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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.