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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 21, 2021Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 21, 2021, 8:02 PM CDT for Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 22, 2021, 3:09 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2021, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 22, 2021, 3:09 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 22, 2021, 2:39 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

County Manitowoc County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2021-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 339 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

616 
WHUS43 KGRB 220102
CFWGRB

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

WIZ050-220915-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0008.210822T0900Z-210822T1800Z/
Manitowoc-
802 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT SUNDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

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

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

* WHEN...From 4 AM CDT Sunday through Sunday afternoon.

* 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...

  Point Beach, Neshotah Beach and Red Arrow Beach in Manitowoc
  County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
934 
WHUS43 KGRB 220809
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
309 AM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021

WIZ050-221615-
/O.EXT.KGRB.BH.S.0008.210822T0809Z-210822T2000Z/
Manitowoc-
309 AM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

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

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

* WHEN...Through this afternoon.

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

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

  Point Beach, Neshotah Beach and Red Arrow Beach in Manitowoc
  County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Avoid going into the water while hazardous swimming conditions
exists.

&&

$$

JS
668 
WHUS43 KGRB 221506
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1006 AM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021

WIZ050-222000-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210822T2000Z/
Manitowoc-
1006 AM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

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

* WHEN...Until 3 PM CDT this afternoon.

* 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...

  Point Beach, Neshotah Beach and Red Arrow Beach in Manitowoc
  County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

Bersch
104 
WHUS43 KGRB 221939
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
239 PM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021

WIZ050-222045-
/O.CAN.KGRB.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210822T2000Z/
Manitowoc-
239 PM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 8:02 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB19 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.