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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 23, 2016, 10:17 AM CDT for Douglas County, Wisconsin; Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2016, 10:17 AM CDT (15:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2016, 8:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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 15:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 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
- 1398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
451 WHUS43 KDLH 231517 CFWDLH COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1017 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION MNZ037-WIZ001-240400- /O.NEW.KDLH.BH.S.0007.160723T1517Z-160724T0400Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...DULUTH...SUPERIOR... AND PARK POINT BEACH 1017 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...PARK POINT BEACH * DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON 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 && $$ G2
2 follow-up statements
635 WHUS43 KDLH 232044 CFWDLH COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 344 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016 MNZ037-WIZ001-240400- /O.CON.KDLH.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160724T0400Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...DULUTH...SUPERIOR... AND PARK POINT BEACH 344 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...PARK POINT BEACH * DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE DUE TO HIGH WAVE ACTION AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS IN SANDBARS... NEAR SHORELINE STRUCTURES SUCH AS PENINSULAS OR BREAKWALLS...AND NEAR RIVER MOUTHS. FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY INFORMATION AND PRECAUTIONS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH && $$ G2
070 WHUS43 KDLH 240155 CFWDLH COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 855 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016 MNZ037-WIZ001-240300- /O.CAN.KDLH.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160724T0400Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...DULUTH...SUPERIOR... AND PARK POINT BEACH 855 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 12:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett, Washburn | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Burnett | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 9:47 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 13 hr | |
| Jul 23, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Crow Wing | 38 min |
| Jul 23, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Crow Wing | 36 min |
| Jul 23, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass | 32 min |
| Jul 23, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin, Cass | 25 min |
| Jul 23, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Aitkin | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cass | 35 min |
Nearby
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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.