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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Detroit, MI

July 21, 2021Huron County, Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 21, 2021, 2:54 AM EDT for Huron County, Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 21, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2021, 2:54 AM EDT (06:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 21, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 21, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI

Counties Huron County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:59 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2021-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 334 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2021-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -125 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
334 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

186 
WHUS43 KDTX 210654
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
254 AM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

MIZ049-055-063-212000-
/O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0005.210721T1400Z-210721T2000Z/
Huron-Sanilac-St. Clair-
254 AM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions expected.

* WHERE...Huron, Sanilac and St. Clair Counties.

* WHEN...From 10 AM EDT this morning through this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

KK
1 follow-up statement
238 
WHUS43 KDTX 211342 AAA
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
942 AM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

MIZ049-055-063-220000-
/O.EXT.KDTX.BH.S.0005.210721T1400Z-210722T0000Z/
Huron-Sanilac-St. Clair-
942 AM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions expected.

* WHERE...Huron, Sanilac and St. Clair Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDTXWashtenaw54 min
Jul 20, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLenawee, Monroe89 min
Jul 20, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLenawee62 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.