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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 26, 2017Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 26, 2017, 3:48 AM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2017, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
15 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 08:51 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, 8.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2017-07-26Temperature 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 2017-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

984 
WHUS43 KGRB 260848
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
348 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2017

WIZ022-040-050-261700-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0005.170726T0848Z-170727T0000Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
348 AM CDT WED JUL 26 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.

  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 SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET TO THE
  LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY 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
3 follow-up statements
304 
WHUS43 KGRB 261550
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1050 AM CDT WED JUL 26 2017

WIZ022-040-050-270000-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170727T0000Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
1050 AM CDT WED JUL 26 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 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.

* STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET
  TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THROUGH EARLY
  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
309 
WHUS43 KGRB 262018
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
318 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2017

DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION
WIZ022-040-050-270000-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170727T0000Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
318 PM CDT WED JUL 26 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 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.

* WINDS AND WAVES WILL SUBSIDE ENOUGH AFTER 7 PM, THAT THE THREAT
  FOR THE HIGH SWIM RISK WILL NO LONGER EXISTS. 

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.

&&

$$
747 
WHUS43 KGRB 270000
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
700 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2017


WIZ022-040-050-270100-
/O.EXP.KGRB.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170727T0000Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
700 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBMarathon43 min
Jul 25, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBLanglade51 min
Jul 26, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBDoor47 min
Jul 26, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBPortage58 min
Jul 26, 6:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWood44 min
Jul 26, 7:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBPortage47 min
Jul 26, 8:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaupaca44 min
Jul 26, 8:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaushara, Winnebago44 min
Jul 26, 9:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown, Calumet, Outagamie, Winnebago39 min
Jul 26, 9:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBCalumet, Winnebago39 min
Jul 26, 9:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Winnebago42 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.