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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 6, 2021, 5:45 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Jul 6, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2021, 5:45 AM CDT (10:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 6, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2021, 9:00 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 10:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
449 WHUS43 KDLH 061045 CFWDLH Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Duluth MN 545 AM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021 MNZ037-WIZ001-070200- /O.NEW.KDLH.BH.S.0006.210706T1200Z-210707T0200Z/ Carlton and South St. Louis-Douglas- 545 AM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high wave action and strong rip currents. * WHERE...In Wisconsin, Douglas County. In Minnesota, Carlton and South St. Louis County. This includes Park Point and Wisconsin Point Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...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 && $$ LE
1 follow-up statement
872 WHUS43 KDLH 070203 CFWDLH Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Duluth MN 903 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021 MNZ037-WIZ001-070315- /O.EXP.KDLH.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210707T0200Z/ Carlton/Southern St. Louis-Douglas- 903 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... Winds and waves will continue to subside. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 3:52 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 15 hr |
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.