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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 6, 2016, 3:24 AM EDT for Huron County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 6, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2016, 3:24 AM EDT (07:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Huron County, MI, Sanilac County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1450 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
757 WHUS43 KDTX 060724 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 324 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016 MIZ049-055-062000- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0010.160806T1200Z-160806T2000Z/ HURON-SANILAC- 324 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM CASEVILLE TO BIRCH BEACH INCLUDING... CASEVILLE...SAND POINT...PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK... PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH...PORT SANILAC...LEXINGTON... BIRCH BEACH... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 20 KNOTS THROUGH MIDDAY. THIS FLOW WILL CREATE ELEVATED WAVE ACTION AND STRONG CURRENTS THAT WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$
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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.