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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 25, 2012, 12:39 PM EDT for Mason County, Muskegon County, Oceana County, Michigan. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2012, 12:39 PM EDT (16:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
157 WHUS43 KGRR 251639 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1239 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 MIZ037-043-050-260045- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0006.120725T1639Z-120726T0800Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 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 1239 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM GRAND HAVEN NORTH TO MANISTEE OR APPROPRIATE ZONE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 MPH OVER LAKE MICHIGAN TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL BUILD WAVES TO HIGHER HEIGHTS THE FURTHER NORTH YOU MOVE UP THE WEST MICHIGAN COAST. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE FROM GRAND HAVEN TO MANISTEE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED. SOUTH SIDES OF SOUTH PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM TODAY WITH PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON BEING A POPULAR BEACH IN THE AREA OF CONCERN. WAVES BECOME CHAOTIC AS THEY HIT THE PIER AND REFLECT BACK INTO ONCOMING WAVES. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE SOUTH SIDES OF THE PIERS. LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL SWEEP UP THE BEACH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STAND AND STAY IN ONE SPOT. HIGH WAVE ACTION WITH RAPID SUCCESSION SHORT PERIOD WAVES WILL ADD TO THE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 DUKE
3 follow-up statements
766 WHUS43 KGRR 252026 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 426 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 MIZ037-043-050-260430- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-120726T0800Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 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 426 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM GRAND HAVEN NORTH TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 30 MPH OVER LAKE MICHIGAN INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL BUILD WAVES TO HIGHER HEIGHTS THE FURTHER NORTH YOU MOVE UP THE WEST MICHIGAN COAST. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE FROM GRAND HAVEN TO MANISTEE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING. WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED. SOUTH SIDES OF SOUTH PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM THROUGH SUNSET WITH PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON BEING A POPULAR BEACH IN THE AREA OF CONCERN. WAVES BECOME CHAOTIC AS THEY HIT THE PIER AND REFLECT BACK INTO ONCOMING WAVES. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE SOUTH SIDES OF THE PIERS. LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL SWEEP UP THE BEACH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STAND AND STAY IN ONE SPOT. HIGH WAVE ACTION WITH RAPID SUCCESSION SHORT PERIOD WAVES WILL ADD TO THE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 DUKE
095 WHUS43 KGRR 260128 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 928 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 MIZ037-043-050-260800- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-120726T0800Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 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 928 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM GRAND HAVEN NORTH TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 30 MPH OVER LAKE MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL BUILD WAVES TO HIGHER HEIGHTS THE FURTHER NORTH YOU MOVE UP THE WEST MICHIGAN COAST. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE FROM GRAND HAVEN TO MANISTEE THROUGH THE EVENING. WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED. SOUTH SIDES OF SOUTH PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM THROUGH SUNSET WITH PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON BEING A POPULAR BEACH IN THE AREA OF CONCERN. WAVES BECOME CHAOTIC AS THEY HIT THE PIER AND REFLECT BACK INTO ONCOMING WAVES. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE SOUTH SIDES OF THE PIERS. LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL SWEEP UP THE BEACH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STAND AND STAY IN ONE SPOT. HIGH WAVE ACTION WITH RAPID SUCCESSION SHORT PERIOD WAVES WILL ADD TO THE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
283 WHUS43 KGRR 260742 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 342 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 MIZ037-043-050-260845- /O.EXP.KGRR.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-120726T0800Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...LAKE MICHIGAN RECREATION AREA... LUDINGTON STATE PARK...STEARNS PARK...CHARLES MEARS STATE PARK... SILVER LAKE STATE PARK...BENONA TOWNSHIP PARK... CLAYBANKS TOWNSHIP PARK...MUSKEGON STATE PARK... PJ HOFFMASTER STATE PARK...DUCK LAKE STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK...MEINERT PARK 342 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... WINDS AND WAVES WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING RESULTING IN A DECREASING RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:22 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 11 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.