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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 19, 2012, 8:55 PM EDT for Allegan County, Ottawa County, Van Buren County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 20, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2012, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 20, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2012, 3:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
288 WHUS43 KGRR 200055 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 855 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012 MIZ056-064-071-200900- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0005.120720T1600Z-120721T0200Z/ OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...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 855 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO GRAND HAVEN. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FRIDAY INCLUDE...NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN AND HOLLAND STATE PARK. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...OFFSHORE FLOW FRIDAY MORNING WILL BECOME NORTH/NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AS HIGH AS 15 TO 25 KNOTS FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ON FRIDAY. WAVES WILL PICK UP KIND OF QUICKLY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...WITH 2 TO 4 FEET EXPECTED AND SOME 5 FOOT WAVES POSSIBLE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL BE EXPECTED AND CURRENTS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ANY STRUCTURES IN ADDITION TO THE WAVE HEIGHTS THEMSELVES. 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 && $$ NJJ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
3 follow-up statements
253 WHUS43 KGRR 200738 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 338 AM EDT FRI JUL 20 2012 MIZ056-064-071-201545- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0005.120720T1600Z-120721T0200Z/ OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...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 338 AM EDT FRI JUL 20 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO GRAND HAVEN. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN AND HOLLAND STATE PARK. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME NORTH/NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AS HIGH AS 15 TO 25 KNOTS FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TODAY. WAVES WILL PICK UP MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... WITH 3 TO 5 FEET LIKELY. LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL BE EXPECTED AND CURRENTS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ANY STRUCTURES IN ADDITION TO THE WAVE HEIGHTS THEMSELVES. 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 && $$ NJJ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
688 WHUS43 KGRR 201544 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1144 AM EDT FRI JUL 20 2012 MIZ056-064-071-202345- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0005.120720T1600Z-120721T0200Z/ OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...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 1144 AM EDT FRI JUL 20 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO GRAND HAVEN. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN AND HOLLAND STATE PARK. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME NORTH/NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AS HIGH AS 15 TO 25 KNOTS FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TODAY. WAVES WILL PICK UP MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... WITH 3 TO 5 FEET LIKELY. LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL BE EXPECTED AND CURRENTS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ANY STRUCTURES IN ADDITION TO THE WAVE HEIGHTS THEMSELVES. 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 && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
546 WHUS43 KGRR 201917 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 317 PM EDT FRI JUL 20 2012 MIZ056-064-071-202030- /O.CAN.KGRR.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-120721T0200Z/ OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK...KIRK PARK... TUNNEL PARK...HOLLAND STATE PARK...OVAL BEACH...WEST SIDE PARK... SAUGATUCK DUNES STATE PARK...DOUGLAS BEACH...NORTH BEACH... SOUTH BEACH...VAN BUREN STATE PARK 317 PM EDT FRI JUL 20 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. WAVES HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDED THIS EVENING BEING UNDER 3 FEET BY MID EVENING. $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR WDM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 9:20 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 18 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.