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Beach Hazards Statement 27, NWS Marquette, MI

September 14, 2021Alger County, Marquette County, Schoolcraft County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 14, 2021, 11:14 AM EDT for Alger County, Marquette County, Schoolcraft County, Michigan. It took effect at Sep 14, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 2021, 11:14 AM EDT (15:14 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 14, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 14, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Alger County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:17 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 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 727 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 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
727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted.

927 
WHUS43 KMQT 141514
CFWMQT

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Marquette MI
Issued by National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1114 AM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

MIZ005-006-142315-
/O.CAN.KMQT.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-210915T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0027.210914T1600Z-210915T0000Z/
Marquette-Alger-
1114 AM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Marquette and Alger Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 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 Alger County: The Au Train River mouth at Au Train, the
exposed regions of Grand Marais Harbor, and Pictured Rocks
National Lakeshore.

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.

&&

$$

MIZ014-142315-
/O.CAN.KMQT.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-210915T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0027.210914T1600Z-210915T0000Z/
Southern Schoolcraft-
1114 AM EDT Tue Sep 14 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Southern Schoolcraft County.

* WHEN...Until 8 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 4:26 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMQTAlger, Marquette, Schoolcraft7 hr
Sep 14, 4:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTAlger44 min
Sep 14, 5:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMQTAlger, Schoolcraft77 min
Sep 14, 5:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMQT64 min
Sep 14, 10:40 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMQT18 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.