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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Detroit, MI

August 1, 2021Huron County, Sanilac County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 1, 2021, 3:46 AM EDT for Huron County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 1, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2021, 3:46 AM EDT (07:46 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 1, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 8:33 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI

Counties Huron County, MI, Sanilac County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 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 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

644 
WHUS43 KDTX 010746
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
346 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

MIZ049-055-020200-
/O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0007.210801T1200Z-210802T0200Z/
Huron-Sanilac-
346 AM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Huron and Sanilac Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
955 
WHUS43 KDTX 011935
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
335 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

MIZ049-055-020200-
/O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210802T0200Z/
Huron-Sanilac-
335 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Huron and Sanilac Counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 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.

&&

$$
975 
WHUS43 KDTX 020033
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
833 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

MIZ049-055-020145-
/O.CAN.KDTX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210802T0200Z/
Huron-Sanilac-
833 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Loss of daylight coupled with gradually decreasing wave heights
late this evening into tonight will allow for a decreasing rip
current risk. Thus, the Beach Hazards Statement is cancelled.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 11:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMidland47 min
Aug 1, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX97 min
Aug 1, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX86 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.