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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 15, 2016, 3:52 PM EDT for Bay County, Huron County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 16, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2016, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 16, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Bay County, MI, Huron County, MI, Sanilac County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 113 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 110 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
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
883 WHUS43 KDTX 151952 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 352 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THURSDAY... MIZ048-049-055-161000- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0003.160616T1000Z-160617T0200Z/ BAY-HURON-SANILAC- 352 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED FOR SANILAC COUNTY. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM LINWOOD BEACH TO BIRCH BEACH INCLUDING... LINWOOD BEACH...CASEVILLE...SAND POINT... PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK...PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH... PORT SANILAC...LEXINGTON...BIRCH BEACH... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. 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. 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) && $$
2 follow-up statements
519 WHUS43 KDTX 160738 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 338 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THURSDAY... MIZ048-049-055-170200- /O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0003.160616T1000Z-160617T0200Z/ BAY-HURON-SANILAC- 338 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED FOR SANILAC COUNTY. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM LINWOOD BEACH TO BIRCH BEACH INCLUDING... LINWOOD BEACH...CASEVILLE...SAND POINT... PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK...PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH... PORT SANILAC...LEXINGTON... BIRCH BEACH... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY IN THE WATER OR ALONG THE SHORELINE WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AND IS DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$
821 WHUS43 KDTX 170152 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 952 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM... MIZ048-049-055-170300- /O.EXP.KDTX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160617T0200Z/ BAY-HURON-SANILAC- 952 PM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... DECREASING WINDS AND WAVES WILL END THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS SWIM CONDITIONS. $$ HLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 3:47 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 30 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.