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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Green Bay, WI

September 19, 2020Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 19, 2020, 2:39 PM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 20, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2020, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 20, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 21, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
30 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 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 7.7 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 12:00Z on 2020-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

411 
WHUS43 KGRB 191939
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
239 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2020

WIZ022-040-050-201000-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0013.200920T1800Z-200922T0000Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
239 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Large waves and dangerous currents will result in 
  hazardous swimming conditions along Lake Michigan beaches.

* WHERE...Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties.

* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water. 
  High waves can sweep people off piers and breakwalls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

mpc
6 follow-up statements
645 
WHUS43 KGRB 200843
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
343 AM CDT Sun Sep 20 2020

WIZ022-040-050-201645-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0013.200920T1800Z-200922T0000Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
343 AM CDT Sun Sep 20 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Large waves and dangerous currents will result in 
  hazardous swimming conditions along Lake Michigan beaches.

* WHERE...Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 PM CDT this afternoon through Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water. 
  High waves can sweep people off piers and breakwalls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
TSK
444 
WHUS43 KGRB 201526
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1026 AM CDT Sun Sep 20 2020

WIZ022-040-050-202330-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0013.200920T1800Z-200922T0000Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
1026 AM CDT Sun Sep 20 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Large waves and dangerous currents will result in 
  hazardous swimming conditions along Lake Michigan beaches.

* WHERE...Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties.

* WHEN...Through Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water. 
  High waves can sweep people off piers and breakwalls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
628 
WHUS43 KGRB 201932
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
232 PM CDT Sun Sep 20 2020

WIZ022-040-050-210900-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200922T0000Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
232 PM CDT Sun Sep 20 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Large waves and dangerous currents will result in 
  hazardous swimming conditions along Lake Michigan beaches.

* WHERE...Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties.

* WHEN...Through Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water. 
  High waves can sweep people off piers and breakwalls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

mpc
264 
WHUS43 KGRB 210851
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
351 AM CDT Mon Sep 21 2020

WIZ022-040-050-211700-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200922T0000Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
351 AM CDT Mon Sep 21 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Large waves and dangerous currents will result in 
  hazardous swimming conditions along Lake Michigan beaches.

* WHERE...Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water. 
  High waves can sweep people off piers and breakwalls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
TSK
936 
WHUS43 KGRB 211529
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1029 AM CDT Mon Sep 21 2020

WIZ022-040-050-212330-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200922T0000Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
1029 AM CDT Mon Sep 21 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Large waves and dangerous currents will result in 
  hazardous swimming conditions along Lake Michigan beaches. 

* WHERE...Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water. 
  High waves can sweep people off piers and breakwalls. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
618 
WHUS43 KGRB 211946
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
246 PM CDT Mon Sep 21 2020

WIZ022-040-050-220000-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200922T0000Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
246 PM CDT Mon Sep 21 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Large waves and dangerous currents will result in 
  hazardous swimming conditions along Lake Michigan beaches.

* WHERE...Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties.

* WHEN...Through early this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water. 
  High waves can sweep people off piers and breakwalls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

AK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 2:48 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB61 hr

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.