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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 5, 2016, 4:05 AM EDT for Alger County, Marquette County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 5, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2016, 4:05 AM EDT (08:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 5, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Alger County, MI, Marquette County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -380 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
108 WHUS43 KMQT 050805 CFWMQT COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 405 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016 MIZ005-006-060200- /O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0004.160805T1200Z-160806T0200Z/ MARQUETTE-ALGER- INCLUDING THE BEACHES...MCCARTY COVE...SOUTH BEACH... AND ALONG LAKEWOOD LANE...NEAR AU TRAIN BAY... AND ALONG PICTURED ROCKS 405 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE. * 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. FOR MARQUETTE COUNTY...CURRENT RELATED FATALITIES AND RESCUES IN THE PAST HAVE OCCURRED DURING WAVE CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO TODAY IN MIDDLE BAY NORTH OF PRESQUE ISLE AND AT LITTLE PRESQUE ISLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DANGEROUS POUNDING WAVES AND LIFE-THREATENING CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AT THE 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. && $$ JLA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:17 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 17 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.