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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 26, 2021, 5:43 AM CDT for Douglas County, Wisconsin; Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It took effect at Aug 26, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2021, 5:43 AM CDT (10:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 26, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 8:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
Counties Carlton County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Douglas County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 1576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
300 WHUS43 KDLH 261043 CFWDLH Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Duluth MN 543 AM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021 MNZ037-WIZ001-270200- /O.NEW.KDLH.BH.S.0015.210826T1200Z-210827T0200Z/ Carlton/Southern St. Louis-Douglas- 543 AM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Duluth has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect through this evening. * LOCATIONS...Park Point and Wisconsin Point Beaches. * TIMING...Winds and waves will increase during the day today, causing an increasing risk for rip currents and dangerous swimming conditions mainly during the afternoon and evening. * DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...Are expected along the Lake Superior shoreline due to high wave action and strong rip currents. * HIGH WAVE ACTION...Can make swimming difficult on days such as this. Incoming waves in rapid succession can tire a swimmer quickly. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots in sandbars... near shoreline structures such as peninsulas or breakwalls...and near river mouths. For additional safety information and precautions...please visit www.weather.gov/Duluth && $$ LE
1 follow-up statement
441 WHUS43 KDLH 270154 CFWDLH Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Duluth MN 854 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021 MNZ037-WIZ001-270300- /O.CAN.KDLH.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210827T0200Z/ Carlton/Southern St. Louis-Douglas- 854 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Winds and waves will continue to diminish. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 5:05 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 51 hr | |
| Aug 26, 1:16 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 104 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Minnesota, 2021Beach Hazards Statements in Wisconsin, 2021Every beach hazards statement in 2021
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.