Alert archive / Michigan / Beach Hazards Statements in 2013
Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 19, 2013, 12:25 PM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2013, 12:25 PM EDT (16:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2013, 4:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 949 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
949 WHUS43 KAPX 191625 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1225 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 MIZ016-019>021-025-031-200000- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0001.130719T1625Z-130720T0000Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 1225 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SHORELINE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/APX
1 follow-up statement
608 WHUS43 KAPX 192012 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 412 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 MIZ016-019>021-025-031-192115- /O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130720T0000Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 412 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ WEATHER.GOV/APX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa, Mackinac | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 89 min | |
| Jul 18, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 7:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Chippewa, Mackinac | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 7:53 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 67 min | |
| Jul 19, 8:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 2 hr | |
| Jul 19, 10:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Otsego | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 10:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena, Montmorency, Presque Isle | 63 min |
| Jul 19, 11:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 90 min | |
| Jul 19, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alpena, Montmorency | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 93 min | |
| Jul 19, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 109 min | |
| Jul 19, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 119 min | |
| Jul 19, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 2 hr |
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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.