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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Marquette, MI

August 13, 2021Alger County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 13, 2021, 2:48 AM EDT for Alger County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 13, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2021, 2:48 AM EDT (06:48 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 13, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 13, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

County Alger County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:46 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 250 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 2021-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2021-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1407 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

275 
WHUS43 KMQT 130648
CFWMQT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Marquette MI
248 AM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

MIZ006-131500-
/O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0016.210813T1600Z-210814T0200Z/
Alger-
248 AM EDT Fri Aug 13 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...Alger 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 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.

&&

$$

jp
1 follow-up statement
997 
WHUS43 KMQT 131023
CFWMQT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Marquette MI
623 AM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

MIZ006-140200-
/O.CON.KMQT.BH.S.0016.210813T1600Z-210814T0200Z/
Alger-
623 AM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS 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...Alger 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 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.

&&

$$

jp

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 3:40 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT21 hr

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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.