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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 29, 2018, 4:04 AM EDT for Schoolcraft County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 29, 2018, 3:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2018, 4:04 AM EDT (08:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 29, 2018, 3:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
County Schoolcraft County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
971 WHUS43 KMQT 290804 CFWMQT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Marquette MI 404 AM EDT Fri Jun 29 2018 MIZ014-300000- /O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0002.180629T1900Z-180630T0000Z/ Southern Schoolcraft- 404 AM EDT Fri Jun 29 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Marquette has issued a Beach Hazards Statement for dangerous swimming conditions...which is in effect from 3 PM EDT this afternoon through this evening. * High wave action and dangerous swimming conditions are expected along the Lake Michigan shorelines of Upper Michigan. * Strong rip currents: Expected. * Strong outlet currents: Expected. Locations/Impacts For Southern Schoolcraft County: Current related fatalities and rescues in the past have occurred during wave conditions similar to today near Lakeview Park and near Seul Choix Point. 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. && $$ KEC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 9:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | 59 min | |
| Jun 29, 9:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 95 min | |
| Jun 29, 10:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 88 min | |
| Jun 29, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | 50 min | |
| Jun 29, 11:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Keweenaw | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Houghton, Ontonagon | 72 min |
| Jun 29, 11:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Gogebic | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 11:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 64 min | |
| Jun 29, 11:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 30 min | |
| Jun 29, 11:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 95 min | |
| Jun 29, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Baraga | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 32 min | |
| Jun 29, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Marquette | 81 min |
| Jun 29, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 90 min |
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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.