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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 25, 2020, 3:19 AM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 25, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2020, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 25, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2020, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 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 08:23 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 391 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
204 WHUS43 KGRB 250819 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 319 AM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 WIZ022-251630- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0005.200725T1800Z-200726T0900Z/ Door- 319 AM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...South wind increasing to 15 to 25 mph will produce waves of 3 to 5 feet this afternoon and 4 to 7 feet tonight. * WHERE...Door County. * WHEN...From 1 PM CDT this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Large waves and strong currents will make swimming hazardous. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...This will affect the Lake Michigan beaches of Door County including Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches, and Whitefish Dunes Beach. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ Kurimski
4 follow-up statements
983 WHUS43 KGRB 251515 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1015 AM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 WIZ022-252315- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0005.200725T1800Z-200726T0900Z/ Door- 1015 AM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...South wind increasing to 15 to 25 mph will produce waves of 3 to 5 feet this afternoon and 4 to 7 feet tonight. * WHERE...Door County. * WHEN...From 1 PM CDT this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Large waves and strong currents will make swimming hazardous. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
063 WHUS43 KGRB 252026 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 326 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 WIZ022-260430- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200726T0900Z/ Door- 326 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 mph will produce waves of 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...Door County. * WHEN...Through 4 am tonight. * IMPACTS...Large waves and strong currents will make swimming hazardous. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ mpc
429 WHUS43 KGRB 260153 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 853 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 WIZ022-260900- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200726T0900Z/ Door- 853 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...South winds 10 to 20 mph will produce waves of 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...Door County. * WHEN...Through 4 am tonight. * IMPACTS...Large waves and strong currents will make swimming hazardous. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
453 WHUS43 KGRB 260850 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 350 AM CDT Sun Jul 26 2020 WIZ022-261000- /O.EXP.KGRB.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200726T0900Z/ Door- 350 AM CDT Sun Jul 26 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... Waves have subsided on the Lake Michigan nearshore waters. Therefore, the beach hazard statement will be allowed to expire. $$ Kurimski
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:18 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 25 hr | |
| Jul 25, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Vilas | 86 min |
| Jul 25, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Forest, Oneida | 64 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.