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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 24, 2017Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

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 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, 8.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2017-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 100 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:24 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB24 hr

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.