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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Green Bay, WI
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Manitowoc | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Outagamie | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Brown | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Kewaunee | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Kewaunee | 38 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.