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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Detroit, MI
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 11 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.