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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Green Bay, WI

July 28, 2019Door County, Wisconsin

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 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2019-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 12:00Z on 2019-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 3:21 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB19 hr
Jul 28, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBWaupaca51 min
Jul 28, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBCalumet66 min
Jul 28, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOutagamie51 min
Jul 28, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown40 min
Jul 28, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBManitowoc41 min
Jul 28, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBKewaunee, Manitowoc42 min

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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.