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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 29, 2026, 3:16 AM EDT for Huron County, Saint Clair County, Sanilac County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 29, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2026, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 29, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
Counties Huron County, MI, Saint Clair County, MI, Sanilac County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
689 WHUS43 KDTX 290716 CFWDTX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 316 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026 MIZ049-055-063-300000- /O.NEW.KDTX.BH.S.0007.260729T1200Z-260730T0000Z/ Huron-Sanilac-St. Clair- 316 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High swim risk from high wave action, rip currents and longshore currents. Dangerous swimming conditions are expected. * WHERE...Huron, Sanilac and St. Clair Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deep water and prevent return to shore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this beach hazards statement went out at Jul 29, 12:01 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Near normal temperatures and dry conditions over the next couple days.
- Chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms over the weekend.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 12:01 AM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 1201 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Near normal temperatures and dry conditions over the next couple days. - Chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms over the weekend. && .AVIATION... VFR conditions will prevail through the remainder of tonight as dry air limits the degree of VFR clouds still present to start this TAF period. Winds are expected to hold out of the north with winds down to around 5 knots through the early morning hours. Continued favorable aviation conditions into the afternoon with VFR expected. Northerly winds will continue as daytime mixing produces gusts up to 20 knots with limited VFR diurnal cumulus development. D21/DTW Convection...No thunderstorms through Wednesday. .DTW THRESHOLD PROBABILITIES... * None. && .PREV DISCUSSION... Issued at 256 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026 DISCUSSION... Upper-level northwest confluent flow will support subsidence and a drying trend through tomorrow. Low clouds should dissipate by early evening, and it appears that surface dew pts will lower enough to help mitigate fog potential tonight. An upper-level ridge axis extending north into central Canada will fold over and arrive over the central Great Lakes Thursday evening into Thursday night. The forecast then gets complicated Friday and into the Weekend. There is a series over upper-level disturbances that will consolidate over the Northern Plains. How much amplification takes place varies amongst the medium-range models. Deeper and faster amplification would support a deepening 500 MB trough/low developing over Iowa/southern Minnesota on Friday and diving southeast Friday night, shifting the bulk of showers into the Western Ohio Valley. Southeast Michigan has better shot at precipitation with the weak cold front dropping south from the northern Great Lakes during the second half of the weekend. Either way, NBM pops are currently running around 30-50 percent. Modest instability supports, at best, just a slight chance of thunderstorms. Temperatures through forecast period look to remain around normal, not deviating much more than +/- 5 degrees. Friday looks to feature the warmest max temperatures, per Euro ensembles, reaching the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. MARINE... There will be continued gusty conditions for the rest of the evening into Wednesday, which will maintain the issued Small Craft Advisories and Beach Hazard Statements across Lake Huron. Winds of up to 25 kt are expected. These winds will calm down by Thursday into the end of the week as high pressure enters the region. Dry conditions are expected until we see our next chance of showers heading into this weekend as a cold front moves into the Great Lakes. && .DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...None. Lake Huron...Small Craft Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for LHZ421-441>443. Lake St Clair...None. Michigan waters of Lake Erie...None. && AVIATION.....AA DISCUSSION...SF MARINE.......TO/TF You can obtain your latest National Weather Service forecasts online at www.weather.gov/detroit.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 3:43 AM EDT, 23 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI 343 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026 MIZ047>049-053>055-060>063-068>070-075-076-082-083-290745- Midland-Bay-Huron-Saginaw-Tuscola-Sanilac-Shiawassee-Genesee-Lapeer- St. Clair-Livingston-Oakland-Macomb-Washtenaw-Wayne-Lenawee-Monroe- 343 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for southeast Michigan. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today and tonight. LCZ460-LEZ444-LHZ361>363-421-422-441>443-462>464-290745- Lake St Clair- Michigan Waters of Lake Erie from Detroit River to North Cape MI- Lake Huron from 5NM east of Mackinac Bridge to Presque Isle Lt beyond 5 NM off shore- Lake Huron from Presque Isle Light to Sturgeon Point MI beyond 5NM off shore- Lake Huron from Sturgeon Point to Alabaster MI beyond 5NM off shore- Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner Saginaw Bay-Inner Saginaw Bay SW of Point Au Gres to Bay Port MI- Port Austin to Harbor Beach MI-Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac MI- Port Sanilac to Port Huron MI- Lake Huron from Port Austin to Harbor Beach beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Harbor Beach to Port Sanilac beyond 5NM Off Shore- Lake Huron from Port Sanilac to Port Huron beyond 5NM Off Shore- 343 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake St Clair. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Small craft advisories are in effect for the Lake Huron nearshore waters. Please refer to the latest nearshore marine forecast for details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Hazardous small craft conditions will persist on Lake Huron through Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today and tonight. You can obtain your latest National Weather Service forecasts online at www.weather.gov/detroit. SC
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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.