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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 10, 2017Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 10, 2017, 4:19 AM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 10, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2017, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 10, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 10, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
9 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 09:20 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, 9.3 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 2017-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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 2017-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

364 
WHUS43 KGRB 100919
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
419 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

WIZ022-040-050-101730-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0008.170810T1800Z-170811T0300Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
419 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON 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.

* INCREASING SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF UP TO 5 FEET HIGH TO
  THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON
  AND 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.

&&

$$

JS
2 follow-up statements
484 
WHUS43 KGRB 101924
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
224 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

WIZ022-040-050-110300-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170811T0300Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
224 PM CDT THU AUG 10 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 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.

* GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF UP TO 5 FEET TO THE LAKE 
  MICHIGAN SHORE OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  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
160 
WHUS43 KGRB 102023
CFWGRB

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
323 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

WIZ022-040-050-110300-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170811T0300Z/
DOOR-KEWAUNEE-MANITOWOC-
323 PM CDT THU AUG 10 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 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.

* GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WAVES OF UP 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.

&&

$$

BERSCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:56 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB25 hr
Aug 10, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown, Outagamie47 min
Aug 10, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano40 min
Aug 10, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB2 hr
Aug 10, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaupaca49 min
Aug 10, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown, Calumet, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Outagamie, Portage and 5 more53 min
Aug 10, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Door, Kewaunee38 min
Aug 10, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest, Marinette31 min
Aug 10, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB56 min
Aug 10, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBKewaunee41 min
Aug 10, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown50 min
Aug 10, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBBrown, Outagamie32 min
Aug 10, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette44 min
Aug 10, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB62 min
Aug 10, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown58 min
Aug 10, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWinnebago53 min
Aug 10, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBKewaunee27 min
Aug 10, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningGRB57 min

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.