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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 15, 2012, 3:18 PM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Aug 16, 2012, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2012, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 16, 2012, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
473 WHUS43 KGRR 151918 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 318 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-160330- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0011.120816T0900Z-120817T2100Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...LAKE MICHIGAN RECREATION AREA... LUDINGTON STATE PARK...STEARNS PARK...CHARLES MEARS STATE PARK... SILVER LAKE STATE PARK...BENONA TOWNSHIP PARK... CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP PARK...MUSKEGON STATE PARK... PJ HOFFMASTER STATE PARK...DUCK LAKE STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK...MEINERT PARK...GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... KIRK PARK...TUNNEL PARK...HOLLAND STATE PARK...OVAL BEACH... WEST SIDE PARK...SAUGATUCK DUNES STATE PARK...DOUGLAS BEACH... NORTH BEACH...SOUTH BEACH...VAN BUREN STATE PARK 318 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STERNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTH WINDS TO 25 KNOTS WILL BUILD WAVES TO 5 FEET THURSDAY MORNING. AFTER THE COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH DURING THE EVENING THURSDAY WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT UP TO 25 KNOTS AND THAT WILL KEEP WAVES AS HIGH AS 5 FEET INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR WDM
9 follow-up statements
093 WHUS43 KGRR 160056 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 856 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-160900- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0011.120816T0900Z-120817T2100Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...LAKE MICHIGAN RECREATION AREA... LUDINGTON STATE PARK...STEARNS PARK...CHARLES MEARS STATE PARK... SILVER LAKE STATE PARK...BENONA TOWNSHIP PARK... CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP PARK...MUSKEGON STATE PARK... PJ HOFFMASTER STATE PARK...DUCK LAKE STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK...MEINERT PARK...GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... KIRK PARK...TUNNEL PARK...HOLLAND STATE PARK...OVAL BEACH... WEST SIDE PARK...SAUGATUCK DUNES STATE PARK...DOUGLAS BEACH... NORTH BEACH...SOUTH BEACH...VAN BUREN STATE PARK 856 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STERNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTH WINDS TO 25 KNOTS WILL BUILD WAVES TO 5 FEET THURSDAY MORNING. AFTER THE COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH DURING THE EVENING THURSDAY WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT UP TO 25 KNOTS AND THAT WILL KEEP WAVES AS HIGH AS 5 FEET INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
365 WHUS43 KGRR 160720 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 320 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-161530- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0011.120816T0900Z-120817T2100Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...LAKE MICHIGAN RECREATION AREA... LUDINGTON STATE PARK...STEARNS PARK...CHARLES MEARS STATE PARK... SILVER LAKE STATE PARK...BENONA TOWNSHIP PARK... CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP PARK...MUSKEGON STATE PARK... PJ HOFFMASTER STATE PARK...DUCK LAKE STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK...MEINERT PARK...GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... KIRK PARK...TUNNEL PARK...HOLLAND STATE PARK...OVAL BEACH... WEST SIDE PARK...SAUGATUCK DUNES STATE PARK...DOUGLAS BEACH... NORTH BEACH...SOUTH BEACH...VAN BUREN STATE PARK 320 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STERNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTH WINDS TO 25 KNOTS WILL BUILD WAVES TO 5 FEET THIS MORNING. AFTER THE COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT UP TO 25 KNOTS AND THAT WILL KEEP WAVES AS HIGH AS 5 FEET INTO FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
729 WHUS43 KGRR 161353 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 953 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-162200- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120817T2100Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...LAKE MICHIGAN RECREATION AREA... LUDINGTON STATE PARK...STEARNS PARK...CHARLES MEARS STATE PARK... SILVER LAKE STATE PARK...BENONA TOWNSHIP PARK... CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP PARK...MUSKEGON STATE PARK... PJ HOFFMASTER STATE PARK...DUCK LAKE STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK...MEINERT PARK...GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... KIRK PARK...TUNNEL PARK...HOLLAND STATE PARK...OVAL BEACH... WEST SIDE PARK...SAUGATUCK DUNES STATE PARK...DOUGLAS BEACH... NORTH BEACH...SOUTH BEACH...VAN BUREN STATE PARK 953 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STERNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN WAVES TO 5 FEET INTO THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER THE COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT UP TO 25 KNOTS AND THAT WILL KEEP WAVES AS HIGH AS 5 FEET INTO FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
951 WHUS43 KGRR 161939 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 339 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-170345- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120817T2100Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...LAKE MICHIGAN RECREATION AREA... LUDINGTON STATE PARK...STEARNS PARK...CHARLES MEARS STATE PARK... SILVER LAKE STATE PARK...BENONA TOWNSHIP PARK... CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP PARK...MUSKEGON STATE PARK... PJ HOFFMASTER STATE PARK...DUCK LAKE STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK...MEINERT PARK...GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... KIRK PARK...TUNNEL PARK...HOLLAND STATE PARK...OVAL BEACH... WEST SIDE PARK...SAUGATUCK DUNES STATE PARK...DOUGLAS BEACH... NORTH BEACH...SOUTH BEACH...VAN BUREN STATE PARK 339 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STERNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN WAVES 4 TO 7 FEET TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE THE WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS SUBSIDE SLOWLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
820 WHUS43 KGRR 170103 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 903 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-170915- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120817T2100Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...LAKE MICHIGAN RECREATION AREA... LUDINGTON STATE PARK...STEARNS PARK...CHARLES MEARS STATE PARK... SILVER LAKE STATE PARK...BENONA TOWNSHIP PARK... CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP PARK...MUSKEGON STATE PARK... PJ HOFFMASTER STATE PARK...DUCK LAKE STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK...MEINERT PARK...GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... KIRK PARK...TUNNEL PARK...HOLLAND STATE PARK...OVAL BEACH... WEST SIDE PARK...SAUGATUCK DUNES STATE PARK...DOUGLAS BEACH... NORTH BEACH...SOUTH BEACH...VAN BUREN STATE PARK 903 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STERNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN WAVES 4 TO 7 FEET TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE THE WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS SUBSIDE SLOWLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
569 WHUS43 KGRR 170718 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 318 AM EDT FRI AUG 17 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-171530- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120817T2100Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...LAKE MICHIGAN RECREATION AREA... LUDINGTON STATE PARK...STEARNS PARK...CHARLES MEARS STATE PARK... SILVER LAKE STATE PARK...BENONA TOWNSHIP PARK... CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP PARK...MUSKEGON STATE PARK... PJ HOFFMASTER STATE PARK...DUCK LAKE STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK...MEINERT PARK...GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... KIRK PARK...TUNNEL PARK...HOLLAND STATE PARK...OVAL BEACH... WEST SIDE PARK...SAUGATUCK DUNES STATE PARK...DOUGLAS BEACH... NORTH BEACH...SOUTH BEACH...VAN BUREN STATE PARK 318 AM EDT FRI AUG 17 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STERNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN WAVES 4 TO 7 FEET THIS MORNING BEFORE THE WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS SUBSIDE SLOWLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
253 WHUS43 KGRR 171409 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1009 AM EDT FRI AUG 17 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-172100- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120817T2100Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...LAKE MICHIGAN RECREATION AREA... LUDINGTON STATE PARK...STEARNS PARK...CHARLES MEARS STATE PARK... SILVER LAKE STATE PARK...BENONA TOWNSHIP PARK... CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP PARK...MUSKEGON STATE PARK... PJ HOFFMASTER STATE PARK...DUCK LAKE STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK...MEINERT PARK...GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... KIRK PARK...TUNNEL PARK...HOLLAND STATE PARK...OVAL BEACH... WEST SIDE PARK...SAUGATUCK DUNES STATE PARK...DOUGLAS BEACH... NORTH BEACH...SOUTH BEACH...VAN BUREN STATE PARK 1009 AM EDT FRI AUG 17 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STERNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN WAVES 4 TO 7 FEET THIS MORNING BEFORE THE WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS SUBSIDE SLOWLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
390 WHUS43 KGRR 171858 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 258 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-172100- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120817T2100Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...LAKE MICHIGAN RECREATION AREA... LUDINGTON STATE PARK...STEARNS PARK...CHARLES MEARS STATE PARK... SILVER LAKE STATE PARK...BENONA TOWNSHIP PARK... CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP PARK...MUSKEGON STATE PARK... PJ HOFFMASTER STATE PARK...DUCK LAKE STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK...MEINERT PARK...GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... KIRK PARK...TUNNEL PARK...HOLLAND STATE PARK...OVAL BEACH... WEST SIDE PARK...SAUGATUCK DUNES STATE PARK...DOUGLAS BEACH... NORTH BEACH...SOUTH BEACH...VAN BUREN STATE PARK 258 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STERNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS TO 20 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET LATE THIS THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS SUBSIDE SIGNIFICANTLY DARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
923 WHUS43 KGRR 172123 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 523 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-172230- /O.EXP.KGRR.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-120817T2100Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...LAKE MICHIGAN RECREATION AREA... LUDINGTON STATE PARK...STEARNS PARK...CHARLES MEARS STATE PARK... SILVER LAKE STATE PARK...BENONA TOWNSHIP PARK... CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP PARK...MUSKEGON STATE PARK... PJ HOFFMASTER STATE PARK...DUCK LAKE STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK...MEINERT PARK...GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... KIRK PARK...TUNNEL PARK...HOLLAND STATE PARK...OVAL BEACH... WEST SIDE PARK...SAUGATUCK DUNES STATE PARK...DOUGLAS BEACH... NORTH BEACH...SOUTH BEACH...VAN BUREN STATE PARK 523 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... WINDS AND WAVES HAVE DECREASED AND THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 3:02 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 50 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2012Every beach hazards statement in 2012
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.