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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 4, 2016, 4:18 PM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 5, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2016, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 5, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 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 21:20 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 12:00Z, 9.3 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
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
234 WHUS43 KGRB 042118 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 418 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016 WIZ022-040-050-050530- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0008.160905T1400Z-160906T0400Z/ 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 418 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY 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 AND PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 8 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH MONDAY 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. && $$ BERSCH
6 follow-up statements
840 WHUS43 KGRB 050134 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 834 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016 WIZ022-040-050-050945- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.160905T1400Z-160906T0400Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH...CRESENT BEACH... CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH... RED ARROW BEACH 834 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS... BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH. BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH. * STRONG AND PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 8 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$ BERSCH
573 WHUS43 KGRB 050806 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 306 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION WIZ022-040-050-051615- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.160905T1400Z-160906T0400Z/ 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 306 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS... 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 AND PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING 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. && $$
466 WHUS43 KGRB 051456 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 956 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 WIZ022-040-050-052300- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160906T0400Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH...CRESENT BEACH... CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH... RED ARROW BEACH 956 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS... BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH. BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH. * STRONG AND PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WAVES WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$ ECKBERG
615 WHUS43 KGRB 052029 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 329 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 WIZ022-040-050-060400- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160906T0400Z/ 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 329 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS... 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 AND PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WAVES WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ BERSCH
030 WHUS43 KGRB 060124 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 824 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 WIZ022-040-050-060400- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160906T0400Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH...CRESENT BEACH... CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH...POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH... RED ARROW BEACH 824 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND STRONG CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE EVENING. * LOCATIONS... BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH... BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES...AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH. BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH...NESHOTAH BEACH...AND RED ARROW BEACH. * STRONG AND PERSISTENT SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING...SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE HIGH WAVES WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT SWIMMING CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$ BERSCH
760 WHUS43 KGRB 060351 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1051 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 WIZ022-040-050-060500- /O.EXP.KGRB.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160906T0400Z/ 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 1051 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WAVES CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET WILL PERSIST FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. USE CAUTION IF HEADING INTO THE WATER, ESPECIALLY AROUND PIERS, JETTIES, AND INLETS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 3:22 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 37 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.