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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 3, 2026, 1:30 PM CDT for Door County, Kewaunee County, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Aug 4, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2026, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 4, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 18:28 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 383 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
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
274 WHUS43 KGRB 031830 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 130 PM CDT Mon Aug 3 2026 WIZ022-040-050-040400- /O.NEW.KGRB.BH.S.0013.260804T1900Z-260805T0300Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 130 PM CDT Mon Aug 3 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High waves and dangerous currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. * WHEN...From Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening. * 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. && $$ mpc
3 follow-up statements
303 WHUS43 KGRB 040312 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1012 PM CDT Mon Aug 3 2026 WIZ022-040-050-041115- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0013.260804T1900Z-260805T0300Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 1012 PM CDT Mon Aug 3 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High waves and dangerous currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door, Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties. * WHEN...From Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected. Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Several beaches that will be most susceptible to the dangerous swimming conditions include... Rock Island State Beach, Baileys Harbor beaches and Whitefish Dunes Beach in Door County. Cresent Beach and City of Kewaunee Beach in Kewaunee County. Point Beach, Neshotah Beach and Red Arrow Beach in Manitowoc County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ Kruk
816 WHUS43 KGRB 040740 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 240 AM CDT Tue Aug 4 2026 WIZ022-040-050-041545- /O.CON.KGRB.BH.S.0013.260804T1900Z-260805T0300Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 240 AM CDT Tue Aug 4 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High waves and dangerous currents expected. * WHERE...Beaches along Lake Michigan in Door, Kewaunee, and Manitowoc Counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM CDT this afternoon through this evening. * 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. && $$
241 WHUS43 KGRB 050302 CFWGRB Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Green Bay WI 1002 PM CDT Tue Aug 4 2026 WIZ022-040-050-050415- /O.EXP.KGRB.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-260805T0300Z/ Door-Kewaunee-Manitowoc- 1002 PM CDT Tue Aug 4 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... The risk of dangerous currents have subsided. $$ MPC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 1:29 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.