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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 11, 2017Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 11, 2017, 3:19 AM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 11, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2017, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 11, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 11, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
9 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 08:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2017-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

371 
WHUS43 KGRB 110819
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
319 AM CDT MON SEP 11 2017

WIZ022-111630-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0012.170911T1800Z-170912T0500Z/
DOOR-
319 AM CDT MON SEP 11 2017

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON 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 SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO 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.

&&

$$

KURIMSKI
4 follow-up statements
041 
WHUS43 KGRB 111527
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1027 AM CDT MON SEP 11 2017

WIZ022-112330-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0012.170911T1800Z-170912T0500Z/
DOOR-
1027 AM CDT MON SEP 11 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS 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.

* STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO 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.

&&

$$
574 
WHUS43 KGRB 111603
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1103 AM CDT MON SEP 11 2017

WIZ022-120500-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0012.170911T1800Z-170912T0500Z/
DOOR-
1103 AM CDT MON SEP 11 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS 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 SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE 
  MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  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.

&&

$$

MPC
196 
WHUS43 KGRB 111814
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
114 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2017

DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION
WIZ022-120215-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170912T0500Z/
DOOR-
114 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT...

* 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 SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE 
  MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  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.

&&

$$
304 
WHUS43 KGRB 112035
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
335 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2017

WIZ022-120300-
/O.EXT.KGRB.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170912T0300Z/
DOOR-
335 PM CDT MON SEP 11 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW 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 SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 4 FEET
  TO 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.

&&

$$

BERSCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 3:21 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB19 hr

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.