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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 15, 2014, 9:43 AM EDT for Huron County, Tuscola County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 15, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2014, 9:43 AM EDT (13:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 15, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2014, 10:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Huron County, MI, Tuscola County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
158 WHUS43 KDTX 151343 CFWDTX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 943 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 MIZ049-054-152145- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0004.140715T1600Z-140716T0800Z/ HURON-TUSCOLA- 943 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * 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...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO BUILDING WAVE HEIGHTS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING. WATERSPOUTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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) && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT
2 follow-up statements
559 WHUS43 KDTX 152003 CFWDTX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 403 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 MIZ049-054-160800- /O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-140716T0800Z/ HURON-TUSCOLA- 403 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM CASEVILLE TO HARBOR BEACH INCLUDING... CASEVILLE...SAND POINT...PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK... PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO BUILDING WAVE HEIGHTS THROUGH THE EVENING. WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING. WATERSPOUTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT WEATHER.GOV/DETROIT
338 WHUS43 KDTX 160217 CFWDTX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1017 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 MIZ049-054-160330- /O.CAN.KDTX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-140716T0800Z/ HURON-TUSCOLA- 1017 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. MODEST IMPROVEMENT IN WIND AND WAVE CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING HAS REDUCED BEACH HAZARD RISK...AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ 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 14, 9:51 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 30 hr | |
| Jul 15, 11:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 2 hr | |
| Jul 15, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 59 min |
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.