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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 1, 2014, 10:32 AM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2014, 10:32 AM EDT (14:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
County Huron County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1091 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
256 WHUS43 KDTX 011432 CFWDTX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1032 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 MIZ049-012245- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0002.140701T1432Z-140702T0000Z/ HURON- 1032 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM CASEVILLE TO HARBOR BEACH INCLUDING... CASEVILLE...SAND POINT...PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK... PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS... SOUTHWEST WIND AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DEVELOP GUSTS TO 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL BUILD WAVES ALONG THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN SHORELINE OF HURON COUNTY AND LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ON THE UPWIND SIDE OF BREAKWATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT BT
1 follow-up statement
933 WHUS43 KDTX 012017 CFWDTX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 417 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 MIZ049-020000- /O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140702T0000Z/ HURON- 417 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM CASEVILLE TO HARBOR BEACH INCLUDING... CASEVILLE...SAND POINT...PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK...PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS... SOUTHWEST WIND AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL HAVE GUSTS TO 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL BUILD WAVES INTO THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE ALONG THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN SHORELINE OF HURON COUNTY AND LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ON THE UPWIND SIDE OF BREAKWATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Livingston, Washtenaw | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 2:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 2:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Genesee, Shiawassee | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 2:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Oakland, Wayne | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 3:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 117 min | |
| Jul 1, 3:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Monroe | 53 min |
| Jul 1, 3:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lapeer, Macomb | 53 min |
| Jul 1, 3:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 95 min | |
| Jul 1, 3:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Saint Clair, Sanilac | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 10:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 10 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 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.