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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Duluth, MN

July 8, 2016Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 8, 2016, 2:41 PM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2016, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
5 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 19:44 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 12:00Z, 7.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

718 
WHUS43 KDLH 081941
CFWDLH

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
241 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

MNZ037-WIZ001-090100-
/O.NEW.KDLH.BH.S.0004.160708T1941Z-160709T0100Z/
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...DULUTH...SUPERIOR...
AND PARK POINT BEACH
241 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS
STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATION...PARK POINT BEACH

* DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING 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.

* RIP CURRENTS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BY THE PARK POINT VOLUNTEER
  SEARCH AND RESCUE.

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
1 follow-up statement
801 
WHUS43 KDLH 090107
CFWDLH

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
807 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

MNZ037-WIZ001-090215-
/O.EXP.KDLH.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160709T0100Z/
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...DULUTH...SUPERIOR...
AND PARK POINT BEACH
807 PM CDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

WITH NIGHT APPROACHING...WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. AS A RESULT...THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS NOW EXPIRED. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCass, Crow Wing42 min
Jul 7, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing45 min
Jul 7, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin22 min
Jul 7, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin36 min
Jul 7, 9:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine22 min
Jul 7, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin, Pine26 min
Jul 7, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin25 min
Jul 7, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCass, Crow Wing18 min
Jul 7, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHCarlton, Pine41 min
Jul 7, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton52 min
Jul 7, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHCarlton34 min
Jul 7, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin42 min
Jul 7, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAitkin30 min
Jul 7, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLH42 min
Jul 8, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHPine10 min
Jul 7, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBurnett28 min
Jul 7, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHDouglas16 min
Jul 7, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHWashburn23 min
Jul 7, 11:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHSawyer27 min
Jul 8, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield, Sawyer27 min
Jul 8, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHAshland, Bayfield, Iron38 min
Jul 8, 1:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHIron35 min
Jul 8, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHIron30 min
Jul 8, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHIron34 min
Jul 8, 1:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHBayfield, Sawyer31 min
Jul 8, 2:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDLHIron12 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.