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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 30, 2012, 4:49 PM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jul 31, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 2012, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 31, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2012, 9:34 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 20:48 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, 8.8 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
- 455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
236 WHUS43 KGRR 302049 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 449 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012 MIZ037-043-050-310500- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0007.120731T1600Z-120801T0900Z/ 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 449 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM GRAND HAVEN TO MANISTEE. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TUESDAY INCLUDE... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STERNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...AND THEN INCREASE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO AROUND 3 TO 4 FEET WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LONGSHORE CURRENTS BECOMING STRONGER AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS DEVELOPING ON THE NORTH SIDES OF STRUCTURES. RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO BECOME POSSIBLE. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL THEN IMPROVE TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING AS WINDS AND WAVES DIMINISH. 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 && $$ MIZ056-064-071-310500- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0007.120731T1600Z-120801T0900Z/ 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 449 PM EDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * 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 TUESDAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN AND HOLLAND STATE PARK. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...AND THEN INCREASE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES POSSIBLE TOWARD ST. JOSEPH. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LONGSHORE CURRENTS BECOMING STRONGER AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS DEVELOPING ON THE NORTH SIDES OF STRUCTURES. RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO BECOME POSSIBLE. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL THEN IMPROVE TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING AS WINDS AND WAVES DIMINISH. 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
4 follow-up statements
402 WHUS43 KGRR 310728 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 328 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 MIZ037-043-050-311530- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0007.120731T1600Z-120801T0900Z/ 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 328 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY 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 TO MANISTEE. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TUESDAY INCLUDE... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STERNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST THIS MORNING... AND THEN INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO AROUND 3 TO 4 FEET WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON WITH LONGSHORE CURRENTS BECOMING STRONGER AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS DEVELOPING ON THE NORTH SIDES OF STRUCTURES. RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO BECOME POSSIBLE. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL THEN IMPROVE TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING AS WINDS AND WAVES DIMINISH. 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 && $$ MIZ056-064-071-311530- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0007.120731T1600Z-120801T0900Z/ 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 328 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY 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 ST. JOSEPH TO GRAND HAVEN. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TUESDAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN AND HOLLAND STATE PARK. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST THIS MORNING... AND THEN INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES POSSIBLE TOWARD ST. JOSEPH. CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON WITH LONGSHORE CURRENTS BECOMING STRONGER AND STRUCTURAL CURRENTS DEVELOPING ON THE NORTH SIDES OF STRUCTURES. RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO BECOME POSSIBLE. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL THEN IMPROVE TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY MORNING AS WINDS AND WAVES DIMINISH. 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
681 WHUS43 KGRR 311521 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1121 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-312330- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0007.120731T1600Z-120801T0900Z/ 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 1121 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS 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 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. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL RESULT IN WAVES TO 3 TO 5 FEET. THE HIGHEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF MUSKEGON. HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST DUE TO STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ON THE NORTH SIDES OF PIER STRUCTURES. RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 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 MEADE
809 WHUS43 KGRR 311959 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 359 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-010400- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-120801T0900Z/ 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 359 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS 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 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. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL RESULT IN WAVES TO 3 TO 5 FEET. THE HIGHEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF MUSKEGON. HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST DUE TO STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS...AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ON THE NORTH SIDES OF PIER STRUCTURES. RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 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 MEADE
150 WHUS43 KGRR 010134 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 934 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-010245- /O.CAN.KGRR.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-120801T0900Z/ 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 934 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW STATEMENT CRITERIA. $$ 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 30, 4:10 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 29 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.