Alert archive / Wisconsin / Beach Hazards Statements in 2023
Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 18, 2023, 2:30 PM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 19, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2023, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 19, 2023, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2023, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
Counties Door County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 12:00Z, 7.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
997 WHUS43 KGRB 181930 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 230 PM CDT Fri Aug 18 2023 WIZ022-040-050-190930- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0004.230819T1800Z-230820T0900Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 230 PM CDT Fri Aug 18 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High waves and strong currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through late Saturday night. * 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. Cresent Beach and City of Kewaunee Beach in Kewaunee County. Point Beach, Neshotah Beach and Red Arrow Beach in Manitowoc County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ Eckberg
5 follow-up statements
890 WHUS43 KGRB 190318 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1018 PM CDT Fri Aug 18 2023 WIZ022-040-050-191130- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0004.230819T1800Z-230820T0900Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 1018 PM CDT Fri Aug 18 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High waves and strong currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through late Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected. Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Several beaches that will be most susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include... Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches and Whitefish Dunes Beach in Door County. Cresent Beach and City of Kewaunee Beach in Kewaunee County. Point Beach, Neshotah Beach and Red Arrow Beach in Manitowoc County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
805 WHUS43 KGRB 190845 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 345 AM CDT Sat Aug 19 2023 WIZ022-040-050-191645- /O.EXT.KGRB.BH.S.0004.230819T1700Z-230820T0900Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 345 AM CDT Sat Aug 19 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High waves and strong currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. * WHEN...From noon CDT today through late tonight. * 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. Cresent Beach and City of Kewaunee Beach in Kewaunee County. Point Beach, Neshotah Beach and Red Arrow Beach in Manitowoc County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ Kurimski
859 WHUS43 KGRB 191617 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1117 AM CDT Sat Aug 19 2023 WIZ022-040-050-192200- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0004.230819T1700Z-230820T0900Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 1117 AM CDT Sat Aug 19 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High waves and strong currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. * WHEN...From noon CDT today through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected. Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Several beaches that will be most susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include... Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches and Whitefish Dunes Beach in Door County. Cresent Beach and City of Kewaunee Beach in Kewaunee County. Point Beach, Neshotah Beach and Red Arrow Beach in Manitowoc County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ AK
705 WHUS43 KGRB 191950 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 250 PM CDT Sat Aug 19 2023 WIZ022-040-050-200500- /O.EXT.KGRB.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-230820T0500Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 250 PM CDT Sat Aug 19 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...High waves and strong currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. * WHEN...Until midnight CDT tonight. * 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. Cresent Beach and City of Kewaunee Beach in Kewaunee County. Point Beach, Neshotah Beach and Red Arrow Beach in Manitowoc County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ AK
246 WHUS43 KGRB 200454 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1154 PM CDT Sat Aug 19 2023 WIZ022-040-050-200600- /O.EXP.KGRB.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-230820T0500Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 1154 PM CDT Sat Aug 19 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... The waves have subsided below four feet; therefore, the risk of rip currents has diminished. $$ Kurimski
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2:44 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 33 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.