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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Detroit, MI

August 13, 2014Huron County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 13, 2014, 4:34 AM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 13, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2014, 4:34 AM EDT (08:34 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 13, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 13, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 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 08:34 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 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.

992 
WHUS43 KDTX 130834
CFWDTX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
434 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2014

MIZ049-131645-
/O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0007.140813T1200Z-140814T0000Z/
HURON-
434 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH 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...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH TODAY...LEADING TO STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
1 follow-up statement
279 
WHUS43 KDTX 131944
CFWDTX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
344 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2014

MIZ049-142000-
/O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0008.140814T1200Z-140814T2000Z/
/O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140814T0000Z/
HURON-
344 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* 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...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...LEADING TO STRONG STRUCTURAL
  CURRENTS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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)

&&

$$

HLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 10:05 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDTX6 hr
Aug 13, 3:44 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementDTXHuron24 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.