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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 30, 2016, 4:48 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 2016, 4:48 AM EDT (08:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Bay County, MI, Huron County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1266 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
795 WHUS43 KDTX 300848 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 448 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016 MIZ048-049-055-063-302030- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0009.160730T0848Z-160731T0200Z/ BAY-HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR- 448 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM LINWOOD BEACH TO PORT HURON INCLUDING... LINWOOD BEACH...CASEVILLE...SAND POINT... PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK...PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH... PORT SANILAC...LEXINGTON...BIRCH BEACH...LAKEPORT... FORT GRATIOT...PORT HURON... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 KNOTS TODAY. THIS INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW WILL CREATE HIGH WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS THAT WILL 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) && $$
1 follow-up statement
598 WHUS43 KDTX 302002 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 402 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016 MIZ048-049-055-063-310200- /O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-160731T0200Z/ BAY-HURON-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR- 402 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM LINWOOD BEACH TO PORT HURON INCLUDING... LINWOOD BEACH...CASEVILLE...SAND POINT... PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK...PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH... PORT SANILAC...LEXINGTON... BIRCH BEACH...LAKEPORT... FORT GRATIOT...PORT HURON... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 25 KNOTS TODAY. THIS INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW WILL CREATE HIGH WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS THAT WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ON AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 4:23 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 17 hr | |
| Jul 30, 5:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Shiawassee | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 6:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Genesee, Saginaw, Shiawassee | 55 min |
| Jul 30, 7:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DTX | Genesee, Saginaw, Shiawassee, Tuscola | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Livingston, Washtenaw | 24 min |
| Jul 30, 8:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DTX | Livingston, Washtenaw | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 8:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Monroe, Wayne | 96 min |
| Jul 30, 11:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Wayne | 36 min |
| Jul 30, 12:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | DTX | Washtenaw | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Oakland | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 2:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DTX | Oakland | 113 min |
| Jul 30, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 6:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DTX | Lenawee | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DTX | Monroe | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Monroe, Washtenaw, Wayne | 74 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.