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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Marquette, MI
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.
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
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 87 min | |
| May 25, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Delta, Menominee | 58 min |
| May 25, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 63 min | |
| May 25, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Delta | 52 min |
| May 25, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MQT | Alger, Delta, Menominee | 45 min |
| May 25, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 54 min | |
| May 25, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Schoolcraft | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:10 AM EDT | Gale Warning | MQT | 13 hr | |
| May 26, 11:03 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 15 hr | |
| May 26, 3:44 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 6 more | 16 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.