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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Marquette, MI

May 20, 2026Alger County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at May 20, 2026, 3:52 AM EDT for Alger County, Michigan. It took effect at May 20, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2026, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 20, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
9 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 07:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 483 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2026-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2026-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1318 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 1:57 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryMQTAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 6 more19 hr
May 20, 1:57 PM EDTFreeze WarningMQTAlger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Houghton, Iron and 3 more19 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.