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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 28, 2015, 4:12 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2015, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2015, 2:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Huron County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
140 WHUS43 KDTX 280812 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 412 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 MIZ049-055-063-281615- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0004.150628T0812Z-150629T0200Z/ HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR- 412 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM CASEVILLE TO PORT HURON INCLUDING... CASEVILLE...SAND POINT...PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK... PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH...PORT SANILAC...LEXINGTON... BIRCH BEACH...LAKEPORT...FORT GRATIOT...PORT HURON... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$ MIZ083-281615- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0004.150628T0812Z-150629T0200Z/ MONROE- 412 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ESTRAL BEACH TO LUNA PIER INCLUDING... ESTRAL BEACH...STERLING STATE PARK...TOLEDO BEACH...LUNA PIER... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$
2 follow-up statements
223 WHUS43 KDTX 281400 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1000 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 MIZ049-055-063-290200- /O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150629T0200Z/ HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR- 1000 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM CASEVILLE TO PORT HURON INCLUDING... CASEVILLE...SAND POINT...PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK... PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH...PORT SANILAC...LEXINGTON... BIRCH BEACH...LAKEPORT...FORT GRATIOT...PORT HURON... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$ MIZ083-290200- /O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150629T0200Z/ MONROE- 1000 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ESTRAL BEACH TO LUNA PIER INCLUDING... ESTRAL BEACH...STERLING STATE PARK...TOLEDO BEACH...LUNA PIER... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$
340 WHUS43 KDTX 281843 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 243 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 MIZ049-055-063-083-281945- /O.CAN.KDTX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150629T0200Z/ HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR-MONROE- 243 PM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DTX | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:20 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe | 3 days |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2015Every beach hazards statement in 2015
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.