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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 30, 2017, 10:48 AM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 30, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2017, 10:48 AM CDT (15:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 30, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 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 15:49 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, 3.8 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
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
672 WHUS43 KGRB 301548 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1048 AM CDT WED AUG 30 2017 WIZ040-050-310000- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0011.170831T0300Z-170901T0300Z/ KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- 1048 AM CDT WED AUG 30 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY 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. * GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
253 WHUS43 KGRB 302035 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 335 PM CDT WED AUG 30 2017 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION WIZ040-050-310445- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0011.170831T0300Z-170901T0300Z/ KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- 335 PM CDT WED AUG 30 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION, STRONG CURRENTS, AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION... BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH, BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES, AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH. BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH, NESHOTAH BEACH, AND RED ARROW BEACH. * GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING, RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$
520 WHUS43 KGRB 310157 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 857 PM CDT WED AUG 30 2017 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION WIZ040-050-311000- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0011.170831T0300Z-170901T0300Z/ KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- 857 PM CDT WED AUG 30 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY 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. * GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY 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. && $$
380 WHUS43 KGRB 310807 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 307 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2017 WIZ022-311615- /O.EXA.KGRB.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170901T0300Z/ DOOR- 307 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION, STRONG CURRENTS, AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH, BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES, AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. * GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY EVENING, RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$ WIZ040-050-311615- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170901T0300Z/ KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- 307 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION, STRONG CURRENTS, AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION... 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. * GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY 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. && $$
755 WHUS43 KGRB 311517 CFWGRB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1017 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2017 WIZ022-040-050-312330- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170901T0300Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- 1017 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION, STRONG CURRENTS, AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION BEACHES OF DOOR COUNTY INCLUDING ROCK ISLAND STATE BEACH, BAILEYS HARBOR BEACHES, AND WHITEFISH DUNES BEACH. * GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT, RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$
042 WHUS43 KGRB 312007 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 307 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION WIZ022-040-050-010300- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170901T0300Z/ DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- 307 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017 ...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. * GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH TONIGHT, 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 30, 3:10 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 43 hr | |
| Aug 30, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Door, Oconto | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | GRB | 115 min | |
| Aug 30, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Kewaunee | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Brown, Outagamie | 57 min |
| Aug 30, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Brown, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Calumet, Waushara, Winnebago | 72 min |
| Aug 30, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Winnebago | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Winnebago | 29 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2017Every beach hazards statement in 2017
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.