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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Detroit, MI

September 1, 2021Huron County, Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan

NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 1, 2021, 3:40 AM EDT for Huron County, Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It took effect at Sep 1, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2021, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 1, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 1, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
6 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 07:43 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, 7.7 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 2021-09-01Temperature 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 2021-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

846 
WHUS43 KDTX 010740
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
340 AM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

MIZ055-063-012000-
/O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0009.210901T2000Z-210902T0200Z/
Sanilac-St. Clair-
340 AM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

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

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

* WHEN...From this afternoon 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
068 
WHUS43 KDTX 011952
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
352 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

MIZ049-020200-
/O.EXA.KDTX.BH.S.0009.210901T2000Z-210902T0200Z/
Huron-
352 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT 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.

&&

$$

MIZ055-063-020200-
/O.CON.KDTX.BH.S.0009.210901T2000Z-210902T0200Z/
Sanilac-St. Clair-
352 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Sanilac and St. Clair 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.

&&

$$
695 
WHUS43 KDTX 020144
CFWDTX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
944 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

MIZ049-055-063-020245-
/O.EXP.KDTX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210902T0200Z/
Huron-Sanilac-St. Clair-
944 PM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 3:38 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryDTX24 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 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.