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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Detroit, MI

July 1, 2014Huron County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 1, 2014, 8:34 PM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 2014, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 86 min
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 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

614 
WHUS43 KDTX 020034
CFWDTX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
834 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

MIZ049-020200-
/O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0003.140702T0034Z-140702T0200Z/
HURON-
834 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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 10 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 WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH
  WILL HAVE GUSTS TO 30 MPH DURING THE EVENING. 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)

&&

$$

KURIMSKI

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT

1 follow-up statement

611 
WHUS43 KDTX 020157
CFWDTX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
957 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

MIZ049-020300-
/O.EXP.KDTX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140702T0200Z/
HURON-
957 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

WINDS AND WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED TO END THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
ALONE THE BEACHES OF HURON COUNTY.

$$

KURIMSKI

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT
WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 8:06 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	DTX		114 min

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.