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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 15, 2016, 9:57 PM EDT for Huron County, Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 16, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2016, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 16, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 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 01:59 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 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
- 228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
393 WHUS43 KDTX 160157 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 957 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 MIZ049-055-063-170200- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0011.160816T0900Z-160817T0200Z/ HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR- 957 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * 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...ELEVATED WAVE ACTION AND STRONG CURRENTS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON AREA BEACHES. 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) && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 9:54 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 18 hr | |
| Aug 16, 3:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 4:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | DTX | Macomb, Oakland, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Macomb | 13 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:54 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 6 hr |
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.