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Beach Hazards Statement 20, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 29, 2021, 4:07 AM EDT for Schoolcraft County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 29, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2021, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 29, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
County Schoolcraft County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
534 WHUS43 KMQT 290807 CFWMQT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Marquette MI 407 AM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021 MIZ014-300100- /O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0020.210829T1200Z-210830T0100Z/ Southern Schoolcraft- 407 AM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Large waves expected along the coast. * WHERE...Southern Schoolcraft County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Large, unexpected waves can sweep across the beach without warning, sweeping people into the sea from rocks, jetties, and beaches. These waves can also move large objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath. * 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Be aware of the surf at all times. Stay off of jetties, rocks, and logs, and never turn your back to the ocean. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Alger | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 1:25 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MQT | Houghton, Keweenaw | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:56 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 3 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.