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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Detroit, MI

August 27, 2021Huron County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 27, 2021, 4:04 AM EDT for Huron County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 27, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2021, 4:04 AM EDT (08:04 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 27, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 27, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Detroit, MI

County Huron County, MI

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2021-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2021-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-279 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1418 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

842 
WHUS43 KDTX 270804
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
404 AM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

MIZ049-271615-
/O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0008.210827T1200Z-210828T0200Z/
Huron-
404 AM EDT Fri Aug 27 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 County.

* 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
328 
WHUS43 KDTX 271353
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
953 AM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

MIZ049-280200-
/O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210828T0200Z/
Huron-
953 AM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Huron County.

* WHEN...Through 10 PM this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
421 
WHUS43 KDTX 271935
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
335 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

MIZ049-280200-
/O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-210828T0200Z/
Huron-
335 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Huron County.

* 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 9:34 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDTX30 hr
Aug 27, 6:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXBay, Midland, Saginaw62 min
Aug 27, 8:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDTXSaginaw3 hr
Aug 27, 10:03 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDTXGenesee3 hr
Aug 27, 12:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXWayne67 min
Aug 27, 12:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMacomb68 min
Aug 27, 12:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDTXOakland, Wayne3 hr
Aug 27, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementDTXMacomb63 min
Aug 27, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningDTX58 min
Aug 27, 1:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningDTXOakland, Wayne3 hr
Aug 27, 1:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningDTXWayne2 hr
Aug 27, 4:26 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningDTXWayne6 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.