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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 31, 2014, 8:10 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2014, 8:10 AM CDT (13:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
Counties Carlton County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Douglas County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
378 WHUS43 KDLH 311310 CFWDLH COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 810 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 MNZ037-WIZ001-010100- /O.NEW.KDLH.BH.S.0013.140831T1310Z-140901T0100Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...DULUTH...SUPERIOR... AND PARK POINT BEACH 810 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...PARK POINT BEACH * DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE DUE TO HIGH WAVE ACTION AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS IN SANDBARS... NEAR SHORELINE STRUCTURES SUCH AS PENINSULAS OR BREAKWALLS...AND NEAR RIVER MOUTHS. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS (ALL LOWER CASE) FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY INFORMATION AND PRECAUTIONS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH && $$
1 follow-up statement
493 WHUS43 KDLH 010107 CFWDLH COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 807 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 MNZ037-WIZ001-010215- /O.EXP.KDLH.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-140901T0100Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...DULUTH...SUPERIOR... AND PARK POINT BEACH 807 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... WIND CONDITIONS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING...AND WHILE WAVES REMAIN HIGH THESE TOO WILL DIMINISH IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THUS...THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 3:39 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 16 hr | |
| Aug 31, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Crow Wing | 18 min |
| Aug 31, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Crow Wing | 17 min |
| Aug 31, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Crow Wing | 17 min |
| Aug 31, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 14 min |
| Aug 31, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 13 min |
| Aug 31, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 26 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Minnesota, 2014Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2014Every beach hazards statement in 2014
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.