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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 30, 2020Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 30, 2020, 3:30 PM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 31, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 2020, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 31, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 31, 2020, 9:23 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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 2020-08-30Temperature 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 2020-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

956 
WHUS43 KGRB 302030
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
330 PM CDT Sun Aug 30 2020

WIZ022-040-050-310430-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0008.200831T1500Z-200901T0300Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
330 PM CDT Sun Aug 30 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected, due to high
  waves and the danger of rip currents along the Lake Michigan
  shoreline.

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

* WHEN...From Monday morning through Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...Large waves and strong currents will make swimming
  hazardous.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
6 follow-up statements
461 
WHUS43 KGRB 310144
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
844 PM CDT Sun Aug 30 2020

WIZ022-040-050-310945-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.200831T1500Z-200901T0300Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
844 PM CDT Sun Aug 30 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected, due to high 
  waves and the danger of rip currents along the Lake Michigan 
  shoreline.

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

* WHEN...From Monday morning through Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...Large waves and strong currents will make swimming 
  hazardous.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
140 
WHUS43 KGRB 310853
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
353 AM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020

WIZ022-040-050-311700-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.200831T1500Z-200901T0300Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
353 AM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected, due to high 
  waves and the danger of rip currents along the Lake Michigan 
  shoreline.

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

* WHEN...From 7 AM this morning to 10 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Large waves and strong currents will make swimming
  hazardous.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

Kurimski
651 
WHUS43 KGRB 310905
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
405 AM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020

WIZ022-040-050-311715-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.200831T1500Z-200901T0300Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
405 AM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected, due to high 
  waves and the danger of rip currents along the Lake Michigan 
  shoreline.

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

* WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 10 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Large waves and strong currents will make swimming
  hazardous.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

Kurimski
997 
WHUS43 KGRB 311522
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1022 AM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020

WIZ022-040-050-312330-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200901T0300Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
1022 AM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected, due to high 
  waves and the danger of rip currents along the Lake Michigan 
  shoreline.

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

* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Large waves and strong currents will make swimming 
  hazardous.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

Hykin
635 
WHUS43 KGRB 312003
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
303 PM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020

WIZ022-040-050-010300-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200901T0300Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
303 PM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected, due to high 
  waves and the danger of rip currents along the Lake Michigan 
  shoreline.

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

* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Large waves and strong currents will make swimming 
  hazardous.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds and waves will subside this evening
  as a cold front moves east of the area. 
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
Eckberg
876 
WHUS43 KGRB 010223
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
923 PM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020

WIZ022-040-050-010330-
/O.CAN.KGRB.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200901T0300Z/
Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc-
923 PM CDT Mon Aug 31 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds and waves have subsided this evening ending the risk 
of rip currents on Lake Michigan beaches, thus the Beach
Hazards Statement is cancelled. 

$$

Eckberg

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 3:30 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB30 hr

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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.