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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 23, 2026, 9:54 PM EDT for Alger County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 24, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2026, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 24, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 01:59 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 356 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
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
068 WHUS43 KMQT 240154 CFWMQT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Marquette MI 954 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026 MIZ006-241200- /O.EXP.KMQT.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-260824T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0021.260824T1200Z-260825T0000Z/ Alger- 954 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high wave action and strong rip currents. * WHERE...Alger County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Monday through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...High wave action and dangerous currents will lead to life threatening swimming conditions. Waves in rapid succession can tire swimmers quickly. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Current related fatalities and rescues in the past have occurred due to similar wave conditions at locations listed below: For Alger County: The Au Train River mouth at Au Train, the exposed regions of Grand Marais Harbor, and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ MIZ005-240300- /O.EXP.KMQT.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-260824T0200Z/ Marquette- 954 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... While high swim risk conditions are not expected on Monday the swim risk will be moderate. Breaking waves and currents are expected. Stay away from dangerous areas like piers, breakwalls, river outlets, and across open channels between nearby offshore features and the shoreline. $$
2 follow-up statements
567 WHUS43 KMQT 240731 CFWMQT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Marquette MI 331 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026 MIZ006-241545- /O.CON.KMQT.BH.S.0021.260824T1200Z-260825T0000Z/ Alger- 331 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high wave action and strong rip currents. * WHERE...Alger County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...High wave action and dangerous currents will lead to life threatening swimming conditions. Waves in rapid succession can tire swimmers quickly. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Current related fatalities and rescues in the past have occurred due to similar wave conditions at locations listed below: For Alger County: The Au Train River mouth at Au Train, the exposed regions of Grand Marais Harbor, and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ TAP
312 WHUS43 KMQT 241126 CFWMQT Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Marquette MI 726 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026 MIZ006-250000- /O.CON.KMQT.BH.S.0021.260824T1200Z-260825T0000Z/ Alger- 726 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high wave action and strong rip currents. * WHERE...Alger County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...High wave action and dangerous currents will lead to life threatening swimming conditions. Waves in rapid succession can tire swimmers quickly. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Current related fatalities and rescues in the past have occurred due to similar wave conditions at locations listed below: For Alger County: The Au Train River mouth at Au Train, the exposed regions of Grand Marais Harbor, and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ TAP
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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.