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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Green Bay, WI

August 26, 2021Door County, Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 26, 2021, 3:03 PM CDT for Door County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 26, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2021, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 26, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 27, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
18 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 20:04 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 12:00Z, 8.1 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-444 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

425 
WHUS43 KGRB 262003
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
303 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

WIZ022-270415-
/O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0009.210827T0300Z-210827T1800Z/
Door-
303 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

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

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

* WHEN...From 10 PM CDT this evening through Friday 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...

  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
475 
WHUS43 KGRB 270202
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
902 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

WIZ022-271015-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0009.210827T0300Z-210827T1800Z/
Door-
902 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

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

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

* WHEN...From 10 PM CDT this evening through Friday 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... 

 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.

&&

$$
536 
WHUS43 KGRB 270948
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
448 AM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

WIZ022-271800-
/O.EXT.KGRB.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210827T2100Z/
Door-
448 AM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

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

* WHEN...Until 4 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
717 
WHUS43 KGRB 271515
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1015 AM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

WIZ022-272100-
/O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210827T2100Z/
Door-
1015 AM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

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

* WHEN...Until 4 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...

  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.

&&

$$

mpc
170 
WHUS43 KGRB 272057
CFWGRB

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
357 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

WIZ022-272200-
/O.EXP.KGRB.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210827T2100Z/
Door-
357 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

Winds and waves have subsided enough such that the threat of
strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions no longer exist.

$$

AK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 3:02 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB25 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.