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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 28, 2017Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 28, 2017, 3:19 AM CDT for Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 28, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2017, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 28, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 28, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
12 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 08:24 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 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 2017-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

911 
WHUS43 KGRB 280819
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
319 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 2017

WIZ050-281630-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0006.170728T1500Z-170729T0300Z/
MANITOWOC-
319 AM CDT FRI JUL 28 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 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 NORTHEASTERLY 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
2 follow-up statements
461 
WHUS43 KGRB 281714
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1214 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2017

DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION
WIZ050-290000-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-170729T0300Z/
MANITOWOC-
1214 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 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 NORTHEASTERLY 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.

&&

$$

AK
875 
WHUS43 KGRB 281956
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
256 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 2017

WIZ050-290300-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-170729T0300Z/
MANITOWOC-
256 PM CDT FRI JUL 28 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 NORTHEASTERLY 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.

&&

$$

AK

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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.