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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 13, 2021, 12:50 PM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jun 13, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2021, 12:50 PM CDT (17:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 13, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 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
- 2286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
102 WHUS43 KDLH 131750 CFWDLH Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Duluth MN 1250 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021 MNZ037-WIZ001-140100- /O.NEW.KDLH.BH.S.0004.210613T2000Z-210614T0100Z/ Carlton/Southern St. Louis-Douglas- 1250 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Duluth has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 3 PM until 8 PM CDT this evening. * LOCATIONS...Park Point and Wisconsin Point Beaches. * TIMING...Winds over the waters near the Twin Ports will turn northeasterly late this afternoon and wind speeds will increase to 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph. The rip current risk will be high after this wind shift, likely around 3 PM. * 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 && $$ Huyck
2 follow-up statements
554 WHUS43 KDLH 132052 CFWDLH Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Duluth MN 352 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021 MNZ037-WIZ001-140100- /O.CON.KDLH.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-210614T0100Z/ Carlton/Southern St. Louis-Douglas- 352 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Park Point and Wisconsin Point Beaches. * TIMING...Expect strong northeast winds of 15 to 20 mph with wind gusts to 25 mph through early this evening. * DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...Are expected along the Lake Superior shoreline due to high wave action and strong rip currents. * HIGH WAVE ACTION...Can make swimming difficult on days such as this. Incoming waves in rapid succession can tire a swimmer quickly. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots in sandbars... near shoreline structures such as peninsulas or breakwalls...and near river mouths. For additional safety information and precautions...please visit www.weather.gov/Duluth && $$ Huyck
434 WHUS43 KDLH 140102 CFWDLH Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Duluth MN 802 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021 MNZ037-WIZ001-140215- /O.EXP.KDLH.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-210614T0100Z/ Carlton and South St. Louis-Douglas- 802 PM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... The wind and waves will continue to diminish this evening with a decreasing threat for rip currents. $$ Melde
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 12:54 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 7 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.