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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 14, 2013Antrim County, Emmet County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 14, 2013, 3:31 AM EDT for Antrim County, Emmet County, Michigan. It took effect at Sep 14, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 2013, 3:31 AM EDT (07:31 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 14, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 14, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Emmet County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2013-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2013-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1410 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

299 
WHUS43 KAPX 140731
CFWAPX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
331 AM EDT SAT SEP 14 2013

MIZ015-016-019-021-141800-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0011.130914T1600Z-130915T0300Z/
MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-
331 AM EDT SAT SEP 14 2013

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS EXPECTED.

* LOCATION...BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY
  INCLUDE...

LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN AND ALONG US-2 WEST OF
THE MACKINAC BRIDGE.

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.

&&

$$

NWS GAYLORD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 3:27 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX24 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2013Every beach hazards statement in 2013

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.