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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 16, 2019Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 16, 2019, 4:25 AM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 16, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2019, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 16, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 16, 2019, 8:17 PM CDT
In force
8 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 09:27 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 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 2019-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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 2019-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

466 
WHUS43 KGRB 160925
CFWGRB

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
425 AM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

WIZ022-040-050-161730-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0006.190816T1700Z-190817T0100Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
425 AM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

...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.

* South winds flowing up the length of Lake Michigan will bring
  waves of up to 4 feet to the Lake Michigan shore of northeast 
  Wisconsin through early 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
576 
WHUS43 KGRB 161441
CFWGRB

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
941 AM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

WIZ022-040-050-162245-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0006.190816T1700Z-190817T0100Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
941 AM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 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.

* South winds flowing up the length of Lake Michigan will bring 
  waves of up to 4 feet to the Lake Michigan shore of northeast 
  Wisconsin through early 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.

&&

$$
156 
WHUS43 KGRB 161953
CFWGRB

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
253 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

WIZ040-050-162100-
/O.CAN.KGRB.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190817T0100Z/
Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
253 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED

The National Weather Service in Green Bay has cancelled the Beach
Hazards Statement. 

$$

WIZ022-170200-
/O.EXT.KGRB.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190817T0200Z/
Door-
253 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW 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.

* South winds flowing up the length of Lake Michigan will bring 
  waves of up to 4 feet to the Lake Michigan shore of northeast 
  Wisconsin through early 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.

&&

$$
522 
WHUS43 KGRB 170117
CFWGRB

Lakeshore Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
817 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

WIZ022-170230-
/O.CAN.KGRB.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190817T0200Z/
Door-
817 PM CDT Fri Aug 16 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Green Bay has cancelled the Beach
Hazards Statement. 



$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBManitowoc53 min
Aug 16, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBOutagamie46 min
Aug 16, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBBrown43 min
Aug 16, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBKewaunee41 min
Aug 16, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGRBKewaunee38 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.