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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 8, 2016, 9:51 PM EDT for Huron County, Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 9, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2016, 9:51 PM EDT (01:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 9, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 01:52 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, 1.9 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
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1392 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
556 WHUS43 KDTX 090151 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 951 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016 MIZ049-055-063-100200- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0006.160709T1400Z-160710T0200Z/ HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR- 951 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS 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...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE ON SATURDAY. HIGH WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON AREA BEACHES. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 9:47 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 24 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.