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Beach Hazards Statement 30, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 21, 2021, 4:11 AM EDT for Alger County, Marquette County, Schoolcraft County, Michigan. It took effect at Sep 21, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2021, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:14 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, 8.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
972 WHUS43 KMQT 210811 CFWMQT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Marquette MI 411 AM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021 MIZ005-006-220000- /O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0030.210921T1200Z-210922T0000Z/ Marquette-Alger- 411 AM EDT Tue Sep 21 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 Alger 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 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. && $$ MIZ014-220000- /O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0030.210921T1200Z-210922T0000Z/ Southern Schoolcraft- 411 AM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high wave action and strong rip currents. * WHERE...Southern Schoolcraft County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...High wave action and dangerous currents will lead to life threatening swimming conditions. Waves in rapid succession can tire swimmers quickly. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Current related fatalities and rescues in the past have occurred due to similar wave conditions at locations listed below: For Southern Schoolcraft County: Near Lakeview Park and Seul Choix Point. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ JAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 8:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 28 min | |
| Sep 20, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Gogebic | 39 min |
| Sep 20, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MQT | 48 min | |
| Sep 20, 10:02 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 3 days | |
| Sep 21, 3:39 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 36 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.