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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 19, 2025, 7:58 AM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2025, 7:58 AM EDT (11:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
County Berrien County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 447 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
663 WHUS43 KIWX 191158 CFWIWX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Northern Indiana 758 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025 MIZ177-277-191800- /O.NEW.KIWX.BH.S.0002.250619T1200Z-250619T1800Z/ Northern Berrien-Southern Berrien- 758 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. Waves 3 to 4 feet with isolated higher waves possible up to 5 feet. * WHERE...Northern Berrien and Southern Berrien counties. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. Do not venture out on piers. && $$
2 follow-up statements
026 WHUS43 KIWX 191449 CFWIWX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Northern Indiana 1049 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025 MIZ177-277-191800- /O.CON.KIWX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-250619T1800Z/ Northern Berrien-Southern Berrien- 1049 AM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. Waves 3 to 4 feet early this afternoon, diminishing to 1 to 2 feet by this evening. * WHERE...Northern Berrien and Southern Berrien counties. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. Do not venture out on piers. && $$
083 WHUS43 KIWX 191753 CFWIWX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Northern Indiana 153 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025 MIZ177-277-191900- /O.EXP.KIWX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-250619T1800Z/ Northern Berrien-Southern Berrien- 153 PM EDT Thu Jun 19 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... Waves have diminished to 2 to 3 feet so the Beach Hazards Statement will be allowed to expire. $$
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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.