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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Detroit, MI

July 29, 2021Huron County, Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 29, 2021, 12:24 PM EDT for Huron County, Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 30, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2021, 12:24 PM EDT (16:24 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 30, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 30, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 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 16:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 4.4 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2208 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
2208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
7.9

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The text

As transmitted.

426 
WHUS43 KDTX 291624
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
1224 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

MIZ049-055-063-300030-
/O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0006.210730T1200Z-210730T2000Z/
Huron-Sanilac-St. Clair-
1224 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High wave action and dangerous swimming conditions 
  expected.

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

* WHEN...From Friday morning through Friday afternoon.

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


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
451 
WHUS43 KDTX 300037
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
837 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

MIZ049-055-063-300900-
/O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0006.210730T1200Z-210730T2000Z/
Huron-Sanilac-St. Clair-
837 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT FRIDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High wave action and dangerous swimming conditions 
  expected.

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

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Friday through Friday afternoon.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
476 
WHUS43 KDTX 300732
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
332 AM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

MIZ049-055-063-302000-
/O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0006.210730T1200Z-210730T2000Z/
Huron-Sanilac-St. Clair-
332 AM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High wave action and dangerous swimming conditions 
  expected.

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

* WHEN...From 8 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.

&&

$$
831 
WHUS43 KDTX 301935
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
335 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

MIZ049-055-063-310000-
/O.EXT.KDTX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210731T0000Z/
Huron-Sanilac-St. Clair-
335 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

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

* WHAT...High wave action and 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.

&&

$$
132 
WHUS43 KDTX 310008
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
808 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

MIZ049-055-063-310115-
/O.EXP.KDTX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210731T0000Z/
Huron-Sanilac-St. Clair-
808 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

Hazardous beach conditions, including rip currents, are no longer
anticipated for Lake Huron beaches along the Thumb, thus the Beach
Hazards Statement has been allowed to expire.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 4:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXHuron53 min
Jul 29, 5:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXSanilac, Tuscola64 min
Jul 29, 5:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX84 min
Jul 29, 9:58 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDTX34 hr
Jul 29, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXLapeer38 min
Jul 29, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMacomb47 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.