Alert archive / Wisconsin / Beach Hazards Statements in 2018
Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 7, 2018, 2:42 PM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 8, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2018, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 8, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
County Door County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2342 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
104 WHUS43 KGRB 071942 CFWGRB Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 242 PM CDT Sat Jul 7 2018 Default overview section WIZ022-080345- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0005.180708T1800Z-180709T0600Z/ Door- 242 PM CDT Sat Jul 7 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... The National Weather Service in Green Bay has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from Sunday afternoon through late Sunday night. * 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. * Strong south winds will bring waves of 3 to 4 feet to the Lake Michigan shore of northeast Wisconsin through midnight Sunday night, 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
522 WHUS43 KGRB 080916 CFWGRB Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 416 AM CDT Sun Jul 8 2018 Default overview section WIZ022-081730- /O.EXT.KGRB.BH.S.0005.180708T1800Z-180709T0900Z/ Door- 416 AM CDT Sun Jul 8 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * Location... Beaches of Door County including Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches, and Whitefish Dunes Beach. * Gusty south winds will bring waves of 3 to 4 feet to the Lake Michigan shore of northeast Wisconsin through late tonight, resulting in dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High wave action makes swimming difficult as waves on the Great Lakes occur in rapid succession. High wave action also leads to strong currents. && $$ Kieckbusch
118 WHUS43 KGRB 081520 CFWGRB Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1020 AM CDT Sun Jul 8 2018 WIZ022-082330- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0005.180708T1800Z-180709T0900Z/ Door- 1020 AM CDT Sun Jul 8 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * 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. * Gusty south winds will bring waves of 3 to 4 feet to the Lake Michigan shore of northeast Wisconsin through late tonight, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.