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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 6, 2021, 4:16 AM EDT for Alger County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 6, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2021, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 6, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
County Alger County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 1386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
121 WHUS43 KMQT 060816 CFWMQT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Marquette MI 416 AM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021 MIZ006-061630- /O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0009.210706T1800Z-210707T0000Z/ Alger- 416 AM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high wave action and strong rip currents this afternoon. * WHERE...Alger County. * WHEN...From 2 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. && $$ JAW
1 follow-up statement
341 WHUS43 KMQT 060838 CFWMQT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Marquette MI 438 AM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021 MIZ006-070000- /O.CON.KMQT.BH.S.0009.210706T1800Z-210707T0000Z/ Alger- 438 AM EDT Tue Jul 6 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high wave action and strong rip currents this afternoon. * WHERE...Alger County. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through this evening. * IMPACTS...High wave action and dangerous currents will lead to life threatening swimming conditions. Waves in rapid succession can tire swimmers quickly. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Current related fatalities and rescues in the past have occurred due to similar wave conditions at locations listed below: For Alger County: The Au Train River mouth at Au Train, the exposed regions of Grand Marais Harbor, and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ JAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:14 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 43 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2021Every beach hazards statement in 2021
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.