Alert archive / Wisconsin / Beach Hazards Statements in 2019
Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 28, 2019, 3:22 PM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 29, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2019, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 29, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2019, 10:22 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 20:23 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, 8.4 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1289 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
015 WHUS43 KGRB 282022 CFWGRB Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 322 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2019 WIZ022-290430- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0005.190729T1000Z-190729T1800Z/ Door- 322 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Green Bay has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from late tonight through Monday 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. * Strong southwest winds will bring waves of 3 to 5 feet to the Lake Michigan shore of northeast Wisconsin through Monday 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. && $$ Hykin
3 follow-up statements
225 WHUS43 KGRB 290213 CFWGRB Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 913 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2019 WIZ022-291015- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0005.190729T1000Z-190729T1800Z/ Door- 913 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM CDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * Location... Beaches of Door County including Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches, and Whitefish Dunes Beach. * Strong southwest winds will bring waves of 3 to 5 feet to the Lake Michigan shore of northeast Wisconsin through Monday afternoon, resulting in dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High wave action makes swimming difficult as waves on the Great Lakes occur in rapid succession. High wave action also leads to strong currents. && $$
875 WHUS43 KGRB 290917 CFWGRB Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 417 AM CDT Mon Jul 29 2019 WIZ022-291730- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0005.190729T1000Z-190729T1800Z/ Door- 417 AM CDT Mon Jul 29 2019 ...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. * Gusty southwest winds will bring waves as high as 4 ft to the shoreline of Door county this morning, 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. && $$ Kieckbusch
379 WHUS43 KGRB 291522 CFWGRB Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1022 AM CDT Mon Jul 29 2019 WIZ022-291630- /O.CAN.KGRB.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-190729T1800Z/ Door- 1022 AM CDT Mon Jul 29 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Green Bay has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. The threat for high waves, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions has ended. $$ Bersch
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:21 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 19 hr | |
| Jul 28, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Waupaca | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Calumet | 66 min |
| Jul 28, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Outagamie | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Brown | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Manitowoc | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Kewaunee, Manitowoc | 42 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.