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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Marquette, MI

September 8, 2018Alger County, Marquette County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 8, 2018, 4:05 AM EDT for Alger County, Marquette County, Michigan. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2018, 4:05 AM EDT (08:05 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2018, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Alger County, MI, Marquette County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 245 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2018-09-08Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2018-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -143 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

593 
WHUS43 KMQT 080805
CFWMQT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Marquette MI
405 AM EDT Sat Sep 8 2018

MIZ005-090100-
/O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0021.180908T0805Z-180909T0100Z/
Marquette-
405 AM EDT Sat Sep 8 2018

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

The National Weather Service in Marquette has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement for dangerous swimming conditions...which is in
effect through this evening. 

* High wave action and dangerous swimming conditions are 
  expected along the shorelines of Upper Michigan.

* Strong rip currents: Expected.

* Strong outlet currents: Expected.

Locations/Impacts

For Marquette County: Current related fatalities and rescues in 
the past have occurred during wave conditions similar to today in 
Middle Bay north of Presque Isle and at Little Presque Isle.

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. 

&&

$$

MIZ006-081600-
/O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0021.180908T0805Z-180908T1600Z/
Alger-
405 AM EDT Sat Sep 8 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY...

The National Weather Service in Marquette has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement for dangerous swimming conditions...which is in
effect until noon EDT today. 

* High wave action and dangerous swimming conditions are 
  expected along the shorelines of Upper Michigan.

* Strong rip currents: Expected.

* Strong outlet currents: Expected.

Locations/Impacts

For Alger County: Current related fatalities and rescues in the 
past have occurred during wave conditions similar to today near 
the Au Train River mouth at Au Train...the exposed regions of 
Grand Marais Harbor...and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

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. 

&&

$$

JLA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 4:46 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT34 hr

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.