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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 20, 2016, 4:35 AM EDT for Alger County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 20, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2016, 4:35 AM EDT (08:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 20, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
County Alger County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 1974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
080 WHUS43 KMQT 200835 CFWMQT COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 435 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 MIZ006-210000- /O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0001.160620T1600Z-160621T0000Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE BEACHES...NEAR AU TRAIN BAY... AND ALONG PICTURED ROCKS 435 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE IN ALGER COUNTY. * STRONG RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG OUTLET CURRENTS...EXPECTED. LOCATIONS/IMPACTS FOR ALGER COUNTY...CURRENT RELATED FATALITIES AND RESCUES IN THE PAST HAVE OCCURRED DURING WAVE CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO TODAY NEAR THE AU TRAIN RIVER MOUTH AT AU TRAIN...THE EXPOSED REGIONS OF GRAND MARAIS HARBOR...AND THE PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE LAKE SUPERIOR BEACHES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO BEACH FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED AT BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. DANGEROUS CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT BREAKS OR LOW SPOTS IN SANDBARS...NEAR SHORELINE STRUCTURES...AND NEAR RIVER MOUTHS OR OTHER WATER OUTLETS. && $$ ROLFSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 11:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 36 min | |
| Jun 19, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 42 min | |
| Jun 19, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Keweenaw | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 12:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 26 min | |
| Jun 20, 3:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 86 min | |
| Jun 20, 4:12 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MQT | Houghton, Keweenaw | 13 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.