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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 4, 2018, 3:00 PM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 5, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2018, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 5, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2018, 1:00 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 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 383 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
182 WHUS43 KGRB 042000 CFWGRB Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 300 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 WIZ022-040-050-050400- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0013.180905T0900Z-180905T1800Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 300 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Green Bay has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from late tonight through Wednesday afternoon. * 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 and west winds will bring waves of 3 to 5 feet to the Lake Michigan shore of northeast Wisconsin through Wednesday afternoon, 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
909 WHUS43 KGRB 050225 CFWGRB Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 925 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 WIZ022-040-050-051030- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0013.180905T0900Z-180905T1800Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 925 PM CDT Tue Sep 4 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * Location... Beaches of Door County including Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches, and Whitefish Dunes Beach. Beaches of Kewaunee County including Cresent Beach and City of Kewaunee Beach. Beaches of Manitowoc County including Point Beach, Neshotah Beach, and Red Arrow Beach. * Strong south and west winds will bring waves of 3 to 5 feet to the Lake Michigan shore of northeast Wisconsin through Wednesday afternoon, resulting in dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High wave action makes swimming difficult as waves on the Great Lakes occur in rapid succession. High wave action also leads to strong currents. && $$
398 WHUS43 KGRB 050853 CFWGRB Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 353 AM CDT Wed Sep 5 2018 WIZ022-040-050-051700- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0013.180905T0900Z-180905T1800Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 353 AM CDT Wed Sep 5 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * 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 and west winds will bring waves of 3 to 5 feet to the Lake Michigan shore of northeast Wisconsin through this afternoon, 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. && $$
836 WHUS43 KGRB 051517 CFWGRB Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1017 AM CDT Wed Sep 5 2018 Default overview section WIZ022-040-050-051800- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-180905T1800Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 1017 AM CDT Wed Sep 5 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * Location... Beaches of Door County including Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches, and Whitefish Dunes Beach. Beaches of Kewaunee County including Cresent Beach and City of Kewaunee Beach. Beaches of Manitowoc County including Point Beach, Neshotah Beach, and Red Arrow Beach. * South and west winds will bring waves of 3 to 5 feet to the Lake Michigan shore of northeast Wisconsin through early this afternoon, resulting in dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High wave action makes swimming difficult as waves on the Great Lakes occur in rapid succession. High wave action also leads to strong currents. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Waushara, Winnebago | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 6:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Brown, Kewaunee, Outagamie, Waupaca | 21 min |
| Sep 4, 8:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GRB | Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marinette and 7 more | 23 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Outagamie | 63 min |
| Sep 4, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Wood | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 2:56 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 25 hr | |
| Sep 4, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marathon | 59 min |
| Sep 4, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Wood | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon, Portage, Wood | 40 min |
| Sep 4, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Marathon | 51 min |
| Sep 4, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 40 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.