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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Detroit, MI

June 12, 20165 counties in Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 12, 2016, 4:04 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2016, 4:04 AM EDT (08:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI

Counties Huron County, MI, Macomb County, MI, Monroe County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 640 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
640 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

As transmitted.

376 
WHUS43 KDTX 120804
CFWDTX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
404 AM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016

MIZ049-055-063-122100-
/O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0002.160612T0804Z-160612T2200Z/
HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR-
404 AM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS 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 WINDS WILL BUILD WAVES
  TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS TODAY. 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)

&&

$$

MIZ070-083-121700-
/O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0002.160612T0804Z-160612T1700Z/
MACOMB-MONROE-
404 AM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM LAKE ST CLAIR MEMORIAL PARK TO LUNA 
  PIER INCLUDING...

  LAKE ST CLAIR MEMORIAL PARK...ESTRAL BEACH...
  STERLING STATE PARK...TOLEDO BEACH...LUNA PIER...

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS... NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BUILD WAVES
  TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS TODAY. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY IN THE WATER OR
  ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AND IS DISCOURAGED.

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)

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
922 
WHUS43 KDTX 121813
CFWDTX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
213 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016

MIZ049-055-063-122200-
/O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160612T2200Z/
HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR-
213 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
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...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BUILD WAVES 
  TO HAZARDOUS LEVELS TODAY. 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)

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 4:10 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDTX11 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.