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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 15, 2017Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 15, 2017, 4:01 PM CDT for Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 16, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2017, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 16, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 16, 2017, 8:25 PM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Manitowoc County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2017-07-15Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2017-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

568 
WHUS43 KGRB 152101
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
401 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2017

WIZ050-160515-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0003.170716T1200Z-170717T0300Z/
MANITOWOC-
401 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. 

* HIGH WAVE ACTION, STRONG CURRENTS, AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING 
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* LOCATION...

  BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH, NESHOTAH 
  BEACH, AND RED ARROW BEACH.

* STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET
  TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE ALONG MANITOWOC COUNTY SUNDAY MORNING
  THROUGH SUNDAY 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
5 follow-up statements
462 
WHUS43 KGRB 160320
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1020 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2017

WIZ050-161130-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0003.170716T1200Z-170717T0300Z/
MANITOWOC-
1020 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT SUNDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION, STRONG CURRENTS, AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* LOCATION...

  BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH, NESHOTAH  
  BEACH, AND RED ARROW BEACH.

* STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 
  FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE ALONG MANITOWOC COUNTY SUNDAY 
  MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY 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
612 
WHUS43 KGRB 160846
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
346 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2017

DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION
WIZ050-161700-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0003.170716T1200Z-170717T0300Z/
MANITOWOC-
346 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION, STRONG CURRENTS, AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING 
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATION...

 BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH, NESHOTAH  
BEACH, AND RED ARROW BEACH.

* STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET
  TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE ALONG MANITOWOC COUNTY TODAY, 
  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.

&&

$$
948 
WHUS43 KGRB 161525
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1025 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 2017

WIZ050-162330-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170717T0300Z/
MANITOWOC-
1025 AM CDT SUN JUL 16 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 MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH, NESHOTAH
BEACH, AND RED ARROW BEACH.

* STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 25 KTS WILL BRING WAVES 
  OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE ALONG MANITOWOC COUNTY
  TODAY, 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.

&&

$$
532 
WHUS43 KGRB 162023
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
323 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 2017

WIZ050-170300-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170717T0300Z/
MANITOWOC-
323 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 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 MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH, NESHOTAH
  BEACH, AND RED ARROW BEACH.

* STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 25 KTS WILL BRING WAVES OF
  3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE ALONG MANITOWOC COUNTY
  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
004 
WHUS43 KGRB 170125
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
825 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 2017

WIZ050-170230-
/O.CAN.KGRB.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170717T0300Z/
MANITOWOC-
825 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT. 

WINDS AND WAVES CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. WAVES OF 1 TO 3
FEET ARE EXPECTED THE REST OF THE EVENING HOURS.

$$

BERSCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:47 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB29 hr
Jul 15, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBForest, Langlade42 min
Jul 15, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette46 min
Jul 15, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB65 min
Jul 15, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMenominee, Shawano48 min
Jul 15, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBDoor23 min
Jul 15, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB2 hr
Jul 15, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette, Oconto49 min
Jul 15, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBDoor61 min
Jul 15, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood40 min
Jul 15, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB114 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.