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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Marquette, MI

August 27, 2021Marquette County, Schoolcraft County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 27, 2021, 4:21 AM EDT for Marquette County, Schoolcraft County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 27, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2021, 4:21 AM EDT (08:21 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 27, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 27, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Marquette County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 229 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 2021-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 68 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 2021-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
68 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-293 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

643 
WHUS43 KMQT 270821
CFWMQT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Marquette MI
421 AM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

MIZ005-014-280000-
/O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0019.210827T1200Z-210828T0100Z/
Marquette-Southern Schoolcraft-
421 AM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Marquette and Southern Schoolcraft Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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 Southern Schoolcraft County: Near Lakeview Park and Seul
Choix Point.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
505 
WHUS43 KMQT 272032
CFWMQT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Marquette MI
432 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

MIZ005-014-280100-
/O.CON.KMQT.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-210828T0100Z/
Marquette-Southern Schoolcraft-
432 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Southern Schoolcraft and Marquette Counties.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT 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 Southern Schoolcraft County: Near Lakeview Park and Seul
Choix Point.

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.

&&

$$

Voss

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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.