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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Marquette, MI

May 26, 2021Alger County, Marquette County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at May 26, 2021, 5:23 AM EDT for Alger County, Marquette County, Michigan. It took effect at May 26, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2021, 5:23 AM EDT (09:23 UTC)
In effect from
May 26, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 26, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Alger County, MI, Marquette County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 245 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1008 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1008 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

As transmitted.

664 
WHUS43 KMQT 260923
CFWMQT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Marquette MI
523 AM EDT Wed May 26 2021

MIZ006-270200-
/O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0001.210526T1200Z-210527T0200Z/
Alger-
523 AM EDT Wed May 26 2021

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

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high
  wave action and strong rip currents.

* WHERE...Alger County.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...High wave action and dangerous currents will lead to
  life threatening swimming conditions. Waves in rapid succession
  can tire swimmers quickly.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Current related fatalities and rescues in
  the past have occurred due to similar wave conditions at
  locations listed below:

For Alger County: The Au Train River mouth at Au Train, the
exposed regions of Grand Marais Harbor, and Pictured Rocks
National Lakeshore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

MIZ005-270200-
/O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0001.210526T1600Z-210527T0200Z/
Marquette-
523 AM EDT Wed May 26 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high
  wave action and strong rip currents.

* WHERE...Marquette County.

* WHEN...From noon EDT today through this evening.

* IMPACTS...High wave action and dangerous currents will lead to
  life threatening swimming conditions. Waves in rapid succession
  can tire swimmers quickly.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Current related fatalities and rescues in
  the past have occurred due to similar wave conditions at
  locations listed below:

For Marquette County: Middle Bay north of Presque Isle and at
Little Presque Isle.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

TAP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT87 min
May 25, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTDelta, Menominee58 min
May 25, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT63 min
May 25, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTDelta52 min
May 25, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMQTAlger, Delta, Menominee45 min
May 25, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT54 min
May 25, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTSchoolcraft30 min
May 26, 7:10 AM EDTGale WarningMQT13 hr
May 26, 11:03 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT15 hr
May 26, 3:44 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryMQTAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 6 more16 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.