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CFWMQT
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
417 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2025
MIZ005-006-070200-
/O.NEW.KMQT.BH.S.0024.250906T1200Z-250907T0200Z/
MARQUETTE-ALGER-
417 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2025
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT 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...MARQUETTE AND ALGER COUNTIES.
* 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 MARQUETTE COUNTY: MIDDLE BAY NORTH OF PRESQUE ISLE AND AT
LITTLE PRESQUE ISLE.
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.
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