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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 15, 2017, 3:54 PM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2017, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
Counties Carlton County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Douglas County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1148 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
226 WHUS43 KDLH 152054 CFWDLH COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 354 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017 MNZ037-WIZ001-160100- /O.NEW.KDLH.BH.S.0013.170815T2054Z-170816T0100Z/ CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-DOUGLAS- 354 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...PARK POINT BEACH * DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE DUE TO HIGH WAVE ACTION AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED! * HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS IN SANDBARS... NEAR SHORELINE STRUCTURES SUCH AS PENINSULAS OR BREAKWALLS...AND NEAR RIVER MOUTHS. FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY INFORMATION AND PRECAUTIONS...PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH && $$ MELDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DLH | Cook | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 3:14 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis | 6 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Minnesota, 2017Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2017Every beach hazards statement in 2017
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.