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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 19, 2016, 10:23 PM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 20, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2016, 10:23 PM EDT (02:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 20, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
County Huron County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
417 WHUS43 KDTX 200223 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 1023 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 MIZ049-201430- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0004.160620T1200Z-160621T0000Z/ HURON- 1023 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SHORELINE OF HURON COUNTY...FROM PORT AUSTIN WESTWARD INCLUDING... CASEVILLE...SAND POINT...PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK... PORT AUSTIN... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND WILL DEVELOP BY MONDAY MORNING AND BUILD HIGH WAVES ON SAGINAW BAY THAT WILL LAST THROUGH THE DAY. THE WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON AREA BEACHES AND STRONG CURRENTS ON THE WINDWARD SIDE OF STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. 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) && $$ BT
1 follow-up statement
140 WHUS43 KDTX 200759 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 359 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 MIZ049-210000- /O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0004.160620T1200Z-160621T0000Z/ HURON- 359 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SHORELINE OF HURON COUNTY...FROM PORT AUSTIN WESTWARD INCLUDING... CASEVILLE...SAND POINT...PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK...PORT AUSTIN... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND WILL DEVELOP BY MONDAY MORNING AND BUILD HIGH WAVES ON SAGINAW BAY THAT WILL LAST THROUGH THE DAY. THE WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON AREA BEACHES AND STRONG CURRENTS ON THE WINDWARD SIDE OF STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 10:05 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 22 hr | |
| Jun 20, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 89 min |
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.