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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 20, 2026, 4:20 AM CDT for Carlton County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota; Douglas County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 20, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2026, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 20, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 09:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 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
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
881 WHUS43 KDLH 200920 CFWDLH Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Duluth MN 420 AM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026 MNZ037-WIZ001-210300- /O.NEW.KDLH.BH.S.0021.260920T1500Z-260921T0300Z/ Carlton and South St. Louis-Douglas- 420 AM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING 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 10 AM CDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening waves and rip currents are expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
1 follow-up statement
187 WHUS43 KDLH 210312 CFWDLH Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Duluth MN 1012 PM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026 MNZ037-WIZ001-210415- /O.EXP.KDLH.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-260921T0300Z/ Carlton and South St. Louis-Douglas- 1012 PM CDT Sun Sep 20 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... The beach hazards statement has been allowed to expire. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 4:46 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Cook, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 15 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.