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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 3, 2013, 4:17 AM EDT for Antrim County, Emmet County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 3, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2013, 4:17 AM EDT (08:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 3, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 3, 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 08:19 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, 8.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1246 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
689 WHUS43 KAPX 030817 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 417 AM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 MIZ016-019-021-031630- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0004.130803T1600Z-130804T1000Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA 417 AM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SHORELINE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTH OF GRAND TRAVERSE BAY 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/APX
2 follow-up statements
100 WHUS43 KAPX 031449 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1049 AM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 MIZ016-019-021-032300- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.130803T1600Z-130804T1000Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM- 1049 AM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SHORELINE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTH OF GRAND TRAVERSE BAY PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT LAKEWARD. && $$ ARNOTT WEATHER.GOV/APX
330 WHUS43 KAPX 031921 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 321 PM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 MIZ016-019-021-040300- /O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-130804T0300Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM- 321 PM EDT SAT AUG 3 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 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...NORTH OF GRAND TRAVERSE BAY 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 10:49 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 19 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.