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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Green Bay, WI

June 21, 2018Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 21, 2018, 4:23 AM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 21, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2018, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 21, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 21, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 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 2018-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2018-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 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
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

229 
WHUS43 KGRB 210923
CFWGRB

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
423 AM CDT Thu Jun 21 2018

WIZ022-040-050-211730-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0001.180621T1700Z-180622T0200Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
423 AM CDT Thu Jun 21 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Green Bay has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement, which is in effect from noon CDT today 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.

* Gusty northeast winds will bring waves of around 4 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.

&&

$$


JS
1 follow-up statement
163 
WHUS43 KGRB 211453
CFWGRB

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
953 AM CDT Thu Jun 21 2018

Default overview section
WIZ022-040-050-212300-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0001.180621T1700Z-180622T0200Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
953 AM CDT Thu Jun 21 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 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 northeast winds will bring waves of around 4 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.

&&

$$

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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.