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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Green Bay, WI
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 25 hr |
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.