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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 24, 2024, 3:32 PM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 25, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2024, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 25, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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
- 1154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
438 WHUS43 KGRB 242032 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 332 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 WIZ022-040-050-250445- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0004.240625T0900Z-240625T1800Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 332 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High waves and strong currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Tuesday 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. 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. && $$ Kruk
2 follow-up statements
657 WHUS43 KGRB 250320 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1020 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 WIZ022-040-050-251130- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0004.240625T0900Z-240625T1800Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 1020 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High waves and strong currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. * WHEN...From 4 AM CDT Tuesday through Tuesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected. Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Several beaches that will be most susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include... Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches and Whitefish Dunes Beach in Door County. Cresent Beach and City of Kewaunee Beach in Kewaunee County. Point Beach, Neshotah Beach and Red Arrow Beach in Manitowoc County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ Kruk
152 WHUS43 KGRB 250832 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 332 AM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024 WIZ022-040-050-251730- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0004.240625T0900Z-240625T1800Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 332 AM CDT Tue Jun 25 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High waves and strong currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. * WHEN...Until 1 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. 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Green Bay, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this beach hazards statement went out at Jun 24, 2:58 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- A severe thunderstorm complex is expected to produce widespread damaging winds as it moves through the region in the late evening and overnight hours. Greatest impacts expected over central WI and the Fox Valley.
- Conditions hazardous to small craft are expected late tonight into Tuesday along Lake Michigan.
- Some rivers and streams will remain above bankfull into the middle of the week.
- Next period of significant rain expected Friday into Friday night.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 2:58 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Green Bay WI 258 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 Forecast discussion for routine afternoon forecast issuance .KEY MESSAGES... - A severe thunderstorm complex is expected to produce widespread damaging winds as it moves through the region in the late evening and overnight hours. Greatest impacts expected over central WI and the Fox Valley. - Conditions hazardous to small craft are expected late tonight into Tuesday along Lake Michigan. - Some rivers and streams will remain above bankfull into the middle of the week. - Next period of significant rain expected Friday into Friday night. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 258 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 Short Term...Tonight and Tuesday The main focus of the short term forecast will be the approaching severe weather for the overnight period tonight. A shortwave trough will trigger the development of a complex of thunderstorms over eastern Minnesota this evening, bringing it eastwards into and across Wisconsin overnight. Ahead of this system, strong low level flow will prime an axis instability from Minnesota through central WI. Any organized complex that forms will then ride along this axis of instability, crossing central to eastern Wisconsin sometime between 11 PM and 4 AM. General model consensus develops the upstream storms into a fast moving bowing thunderstorm complex, which would highlight damaging winds as the most impactful severe threat. A couple brief spin ups aren't out of the question, as the 0-3km shear values will be favorable on the northern end of the line, but in the context of widespread strong winds, impacts between the two will likely not be much different. Hail does not seem likely by the time storms arrive. Finally, although another half inch to an inch of rain is possible, the fast moving nature of the anticipated storms will limit any flooding concerns but may keep river levels elevated. Storms will push through the region by around daybreak, with quieter conditions expected to return by Tuesday morning. The passage of the storms is expected to push the frontal boundary southwards, keeping any redevelopment Tuesday afternoon south of our area and focused more towards Illinois. Long Term...Tuesday Night Through Monday Little impactful weather is expected through Thursday night, with high pressure dominating for much of the period. A frontal system is forecast to move through the region Friday and Friday night. This system should have have a nice surge of Gulf of Mexico moisture, as a 40-50 kt LLJ brings PWATs around 2 inches into the region. Locally heavy rainfall will be a concern, but a lack of significant instability should limit the severe weather threat. Another system may bring showers and storms to the region early in the next work week. Temperatures should average near to slightly below normal through the extended period. && .AVIATION...for 18Z TAF Issuance Issued at 1249 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 VFR conditions will prevail for the afternoon and most of the evening hours before attention turns to a line of storms expected for the late evening and overnight hours. Storms tonight will form over Minnesota and western Wisconsin and move east rapidly overnight. Arrival is expected in central WI shortly after midnight and will rapidly progress eastwards. Storms can produce damaging winds, especially in central WI and may also briefly bring some large hail. The main uncertainty in the forecast is whether any isolated activity develops ahead of the main thunderstorm line, so made a mention of this in the 03Z timeframe for AUW, CWA, and RHI. Any storm activity will end by daybreak on Tuesday, with clearing skies expected to return not too shortly after. && .GRB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && DISCUSSION.....Uhlmann/Kieckbusch AVIATION.......Uhlmann
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 3:01 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Green Bay WI 301 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-252015- Vilas-Oneida-Forest-Florence-Northern Marinette County-Lincoln- Langlade-Menominee-Northern Oconto County-Door-Marathon-Shawano- Wood-Portage-Waupaca-Outagamie-Brown-Kewaunee-Waushara-Winnebago- Calumet-Manitowoc-Southern Marinette County- Southern Oconto County- 301 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north-central and northeast Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Tonight A thunderstorm complex is expected to form over eastern Minnesota or northwest Wisconsin this evening and move southeast towards Lake Winnebago overnight. It could produce a path of widespread damaging winds, especially over central Wisconsin and the Fox Valley. Some rivers and streams will remain above bankfull from recent rains. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Monday Some rivers and streams will remain above bankfull through midweek. Showers and embedded thunderstorms may bring locally heavy rainfall to the region Friday and Friday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed late tonight. LMZ521-522-541>543-252015- The Bay of Green Bay south of a line from Cedar River MI to Rock Island Passage-Lake Michigan from Washington Island to Sheboygan- 301 PM CDT Mon Jun 24 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest Lake Michigan and the waters of Green Bay. .DAY ONE...Tonight Increasing south winds and building waves will create conditions hazardous to small craft late tonight. Thunderstorms with potentially very strong winds will impact the nearshore waters late tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Monday Conditions hazardous to small craft will continue into Tuesday. Thunderstorms may be possible Friday into Friday night. Uhlmann/Kieckbusch
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GRB | Door | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 10:26 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRB | 24 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.