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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 7, 2016, 3:53 PM EDT for Huron County, Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 7, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2016, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Huron County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
502 WHUS43 KDTX 071953 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 353 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016 MIZ049-055-063-080830- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0001.160607T2000Z-160608T2000Z/ HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR- 353 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * 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... NORTHERLY WIND WILL BUILD WAVES TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE COOL SIDE...RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY IN THE WATER OR ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AND IS DISCOURAGED. 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) && $$ BT
2 follow-up statements
278 WHUS43 KDTX 080745 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 345 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2016 MIZ049-055-063-082000- /O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160608T2000Z/ HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR- 345 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM CASEVILLE TO PORT HURON INCLUDING... CASEVILLE...SAND POINT...PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK... PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH...PORT SANILAC...LEXINGTON... BIRCH BEACH...LAKEPORT...FORT GRATIOT...PORT HURON... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS... NORTHERLY WIND WILL BUILD WAVES TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE COOL SIDE...RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY IN THE WATER OR ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AND IS DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$
054 WHUS43 KDTX 082003 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 403 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2016 MIZ049-055-063-082115- /O.EXP.KDTX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160608T2000Z/ HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR- 403 PM EDT WED JUN 8 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... WIND AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT ALONG THE SHORELINES AND REDUCE THE ASSOCIATED STRONG CURRENT HAZARDS. $$ BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Huron | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 3:51 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 36 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 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.