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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 14, 2025, 4:26 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 14, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2025, 4:26 AM CDT (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 14, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
Counties Carlton County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Douglas County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
620 WHUS43 KDLH 140926 CFWDLH Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Duluth MN 426 AM CDT Sun Sep 14 2025 MNZ037-WIZ001-150300- /O.NEW.KDLH.BH.S.0021.250914T1800Z-250915T0300Z/ Carlton and South St. Louis-Douglas- 426 AM CDT Sun Sep 14 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected along the Lake Superior shoreline due to high wave action and strong rip currents. * WHERE...Minnesota Park Point and Wisconsin Point Beaches. * WHEN...From 1 PM CDT this afternoon through this evening. * IMPACTS...High wave action can make swimming difficult on days such as this. Incoming waves in rapid succession can tire even an experienced swimmer quickly. Rip currents can move you away from land. To avoid being swept away, swim parallel to the shore to exit a rip current. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 9:41 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | DLH | 24 hr | |
| Sep 14, 7:25 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 4 hr |
| Sep 14, 2:17 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DLH | Carlton, Lake, Saint Louis | 21 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.