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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 22, 2016, 3:49 AM CDT for Douglas County, Wisconsin; Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 22, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2016, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 22, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
Counties Carlton County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Douglas County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
639 WHUS43 KDLH 220849 CFWDLH COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 349 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2016 MNZ037-WIZ001-230100- /O.NEW.KDLH.BH.S.0002.160622T1500Z-160623T0100Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...DULUTH...SUPERIOR... AND PARK POINT BEACH 349 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...PARK POINT BEACH * DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE DUE TO HIGH WAVE ACTION AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS IN SANDBARS... NEAR SHORELINE STRUCTURES SUCH AS PENINSULAS OR BREAKWALLS...AND NEAR RIVER MOUTHS. FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY INFORMATION AND PRECAUTIONS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH && $$ JJM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:32 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 18 hr | |
| Jun 22, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 14 min |
| Jun 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 37 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Minnesota, 2016Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016
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.