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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 17, 2017, 4:08 AM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 17, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2017, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 17, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 17, 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 08:11 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
448 WHUS43 KDTX 170808 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 408 AM EDT THU AUG 17 2017 ...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS TODAY... MIZ049-180200- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0007.170817T1200Z-170818T0200Z/ HURON- 408 AM EDT THU AUG 17 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...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL LEAD TO HIGH WAVES THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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) && $$
1 follow-up statement
930 WHUS43 KDTX 171953 CFWDTX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 353 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2017 ...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING... MIZ049-180200- /O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-170818T0200Z/ HURON- 353 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM CASEVILLE TO HARBOR BEACH INCLUDING... CASEVILLE...SAND POINT...PORT CRESCENT STATE PARK...PORT AUSTIN...HARBOR BEACH... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL LEAD TO HIGH WAVES THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS PLEASE VISIT DANGEROUSCURRENTS.ORG (ALL LOWER CASE) && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Lenawee | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 1:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Monroe | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 43 min | |
| Aug 17, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Saginaw | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Bay | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Bay | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Saginaw | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Tuscola | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Genesee | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Tuscola | 41 min |
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.