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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 24, 2017, 3:39 AM CDT for Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2017, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
Counties Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -3.2
The text
As transmitted.
803 WHUS43 KGRB 240839 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 339 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 WIZ040-050-241645- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0004.170724T0839Z-170725T0000Z/ KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- 339 AM CDT MON JUL 24 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 KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH. 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 OF EAST-CENTRAL 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. && $$ KURIMSKI
1 follow-up statement
376 WHUS43 KGRB 241608 CFWGRB LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1108 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 WIZ040-050-250000- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170725T0000Z/ KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC- 1108 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION, STRONG CURRENTS, AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * LOCATION... BEACHES OF KEWAUNEE COUNTY INCLUDING CRESENT BEACH AND CITY OF KEWAUNEE BEACH. BEACHES OF MANITOWOC COUNTY INCLUDING POINT BEACH, NESHOTAH BEACH, AND RED ARROW BEACH. * PERSISTENT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THIS EVENING, RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AS WAVES ON THE GREAT LAKES OCCUR IN RAPID SUCCESSION. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALSO LEADS TO STRONG CURRENTS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:24 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 24 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.