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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 20, 2021Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 20, 2021, 8:06 PM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 21, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 2021, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 21, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 21, 2021, 6:34 PM CDT
In force
9 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 01:07 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2021-08-21Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

032 
WHUS43 KGRB 210106
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
806 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021

WIZ022-210915-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0007.210821T1500Z-210822T0300Z/
Door-
806 PM CDT Fri Aug 20 2021

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

* WHAT...High waves of 3 to 5 feet, strong currents, and dangerous
  swimming conditions can be expected.

* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door County.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday evening.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected. Strong 
  currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves 
  can sweep people off piers.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Several beaches that will be most 
  susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include...

  Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches and Whitefish
  Dunes Beach in Door County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
374 
WHUS43 KGRB 210857
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
357 AM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

WIZ022-211700-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0007.210821T1500Z-210822T0300Z/
Door-
357 AM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

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

* WHAT...Wave action resulting in strong currents and dangerous
  swimming conditions.

* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door County.

* WHEN...From 10 AM CDT this morning through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected. Strong 
  currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves 
  can sweep people off piers.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Several beaches that will be most
  susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include... 
  Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches and Whitefish 
  Dunes Beach in Door County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Avoid going into the water while hazardous swimming conditions
exists.

&&

$$
333 
WHUS43 KGRB 211643
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1143 AM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

WIZ022-220045-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210822T0300Z/
Door-
1143 AM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

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

* WHAT...Wave action resulting in strong currents and dangerous 
  swimming conditions.

* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door County.

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

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected. Strong 
  currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves 
  can sweep people off piers.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Several beaches that will be most 
  susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include...

  Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches and Whitefish
  Dunes Beach in Door County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
675 
WHUS43 KGRB 212021
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
321 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

WIZ022-220300-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210822T0300Z/
Door-
321 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

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

* WHAT...Wave action resulting in strong currents and dangerous 
  swimming conditions.

* WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door County.

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

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected. Strong 
  currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves 
  can sweep people off piers.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Several beaches that will be most 
  susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include...

  Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches and Whitefish
  Dunes Beach in Door County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
740 
WHUS43 KGRB 212334
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
634 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

WIZ022-220045-
/O.CAN.KGRB.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210822T0300Z/
Door-
634 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 8:08 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB22 hr
Aug 21, 6:48 AM CDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryGRB3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.