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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 21, 2012, 10:49 AM EDT for Allegan County, Muskegon County, Ottawa County, Michigan. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2012, 10:49 AM EDT (14:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Ottawa County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
716 WHUS43 KGRR 211449 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1049 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2012 MIZ050-056-064-211900- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0003.120621T1449Z-120621T1900Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...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 1049 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...POSSIBLE * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...POSSIBLE * RIP CURRENTS...EXPECTED * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO MEINART PARK * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DECREASE TODAY. WAVES OVER 4 FEET THIS MORNING WILL SUBSIDE THIS 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 && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
1 follow-up statement
207 WHUS43 KGRR 211854 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 254 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2012 MIZ050-056-064-212000- /O.EXP.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-120621T1900Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...MUSKEGON STATE PARK... PJ HOFFMASTER STATE PARK...DUCK LAKE STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK...MEINERT PARK...GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... KIRK PARK...TUNNEL PARK...HOLLAND STATE PARK...OVAL BEACH... WEST SIDE PARK...SAUGATUCK DUNES STATE PARK...DOUGLAS BEACH 254 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... WAVES HAVE DIMINISHED TO UNDER 4 FEET AND THEREFORE THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 11:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 4 hr | |
| Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Jackson | 90 min |
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.