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Beach Hazards Statement 28, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 16, 2021, 4:23 AM EDT for Alger County, Schoolcraft County, Michigan. It took effect at Sep 16, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2021, 4:23 AM EDT (08:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Alger County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
972 WHUS43 KMQT 160823 CFWMQT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Marquette MI 423 AM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021 MIZ014-172000- /O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0028.210916T1600Z-210917T2000Z/ Southern Schoolcraft- 423 AM EDT Thu Sep 16 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high wave action and strong rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Schoolcraft County. * WHEN...From noon EDT today through Friday afternoon. * 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. && $$ Voss
1 follow-up statement
359 WHUS43 KMQT 170831 CFWMQT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Marquette MI 431 AM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021 MIZ006-180100- /O.EXB.KMQT.BH.S.0028.210917T1900Z-210918T0100Z/ Alger- 431 AM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high wave action and strong rip currents. * WHERE...Alger County. * WHEN...From 3 PM EDT this afternoon through this evening. * IMPACTS...High wave action and dangerous currents will lead to life threatening swimming conditions. Waves in rapid succession can tire swimmers quickly. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Current related fatalities and rescues in the past have occurred due to similar wave conditions at locations listed below: For Alger County: The Au Train River mouth at Au Train, the exposed regions of Grand Marais Harbor, and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ MIZ014-172000- /O.CON.KMQT.BH.S.0028.000000T0000Z-210917T2000Z/ Southern Schoolcraft- 431 AM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high wave action and strong rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Schoolcraft County. * WHEN...Until 4 PM EDT this afternoon. * 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. && $$ BW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 10:25 PM EDT | Gale Warning | MQT | 30 hr | |
| Sep 16, 4:39 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 48 hr | |
| Sep 16, 11:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 25 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.