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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Detroit, MI

September 1, 2017Huron County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 1, 2017, 4:09 AM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2017, 4:09 AM EDT (08:09 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2017, 4:08 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI

County Huron County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2017-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2017-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

996 
WHUS43 KDTX 010809 CCA
CFWDTX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
409 AM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017

...HIGH WAVES CONTINUE TODAY...

MIZ049-012015-
/O.EXP.KDTX.LS.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170901T0800Z/
/O.EXP.KDTX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-170901T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0010.170901T0809Z-170902T0200Z/
HURON-
409 AM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

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...BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL 
  DEVELOP HIGH WAVE ACTION WHICH WILL MAKE SWIMMING AND OTHER 
  WATER SPORTS HAZARDOUS, ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT
DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE)

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH 
AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER 
QUICKLY.

&&

$$

MIZ048-054-055-063-010915-
/O.EXP.KDTX.LS.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170901T0800Z/
/O.EXP.KDTX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-170901T0800Z/
BAY-TUSCOLA-SANILAC-ST. CLAIR-
409 AM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017

...LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

$$

MIZ083-012015-
/O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-170902T0400Z/
MONROE-
409 AM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL 
  DEVELOP HIGH WAVE ACTION WHICH WILL MAKE SWIMMING AND OTHER 
  WATER SPORTS HAZARDOUS, ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH
AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER
QUICKLY.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT
DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE)

* PREPARE, PLAN AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/C7KKP

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
366 
WHUS43 KDTX 012008
CFWDTX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
408 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017

...MINOR LAKESHORE FLOODING POSSIBLE AS HIGH WAVES CONTINUE THIS
EVENING...

MIZ049-012115-
/O.CAN.KDTX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-170902T0200Z/
HURON-
408 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS CANCELLED THE
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. 

WINDS AND WAVES HAVE DECREASED FOR THE BEACH AREAS OF HURON COUNTY
THROUGH THE DAY.

$$

MIZ083-020400-
/O.NEW.KDTX.LS.Y.0005.170901T2008Z-170902T0400Z/
/O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-170902T0400Z/
MONROE-
408 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017

...LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT. 

* LAKE SHORE FLOODING...WATER LEVELS AT GILBRALTER ARE EXPECTED 
  TO RISE CLOSE TO 68 INCHES ABOVE CHART DATUM THIS EVENING AS 
  STRONG EAST WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS LAKE ERIE. WATER LEVELS WILL 
  DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE EASTERLY WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH.

* IMPACTS...WATER AT THIS HEIGHT WILL START TO ENCROACH ON AREAS 
  AT THE MOUTH OF THE DETROIT RIVER NEAR GILBRALTER AND GROSSE 
  ILE...AND SOME SHORELINE AREAS IN MONROE COUNTY.

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED.

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL 
  DEVELOP HIGH WAVE ACTION WHICH WILL MAKE SWIMMING AND OTHER 
  WATER SPORTS HAZARDOUS, ESPECIALLY NEAR PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS WILL
GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE LAKESHORE.

HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH
AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER
QUICKLY.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT
DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE)

* PREPARE, PLAN AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/C7KKP

&&

$$

MIZ076-020400-
/O.NEW.KDTX.LS.Y.0005.170901T2008Z-170902T0400Z/
WAYNE-
408 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017

...LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A
LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT. 

* LAKE SHORE FLOODING...WATER LEVELS AT GILBRALTER ARE EXPECTED 
  TO RISE CLOSE TO 68 INCHES ABOVE CHART DATUM THIS EVENING AS 
  STRONG EAST WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS LAKE ERIE. WATER LEVELS WILL 
  DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE EASTERLY WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH.

* IMPACTS...WATER AT THIS HEIGHT WILL START TO ENCROACH ON AREAS 
  AT THE MOUTH OF THE DETROIT RIVER NEAR GILBRALTER AND GROSSE 
  ILE...AND SOME SHORELINE AREAS IN MONROE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKESHORE FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS WILL
GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE LAKESHORE.

 * PREPARE, PLAN AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT
HTTP://GO.USA.GOV/C7KKP

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 4:08 PM EDTLakeshore Flood AdvisoryDTXMonroe, Wayne8 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 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.