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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 5, 2017, 3:46 AM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 5, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2017, 3:46 AM EDT (07:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 5, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2017, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 07:45 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
001 WHUS43 KDTX 050746 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 346 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2017 ...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS AGAIN TODAY... MIZ049-060200- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0006.170805T1200Z-170806T0200Z/ HURON- 346 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM CASEVILLE TO HARBOR BEACH INCLUDING... CASEVILLE...SAND POINT...PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK... PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO HIGH WAVES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 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) && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Lenawee | 48 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.