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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 21, 2013, 5:21 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 21, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2013, 5:21 AM EDT (09:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 21, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Benzie County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
440 WHUS43 KAPX 210921 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 521 AM EDT WED AUG 21 2013 MIZ020-025-031-211800- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0006.130821T1200Z-130822T0000Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 521 AM EDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SHORELINE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES IN MANISTEE...BENZIE...AND LEELANAU COUNTIES. 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. 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. && $$ MIZ015-211800- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0006.130821T1200Z-130822T0000Z/ MACKINAC- 521 AM EDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SHORELINE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES ALONG US-2 WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/APX
1 follow-up statement
496 WHUS43 KAPX 212000 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 400 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2013 MIZ020-025-031-220300- /O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-130822T0300Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 400 PM EDT WED AUG 21 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 IN MANISTEE...BENZIE...AND LEELANAU COUNTIES. 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. 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. && $$ MIZ015-220300- /O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-130822T0300Z/ MACKINAC- 400 PM EDT WED AUG 21 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION AND DANGEROUS SHORELINE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES ALONG US-2 WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE SURE OF YOUR SWIMMING ABILITY. CHILDREN SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNSUPERVISED AND WITHOUT A CERTIFIED FLOTATION DEVICE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. HIGH WAVE ACTION ALONE CAN MAKE SWIMMING DIFFICULT ON DAYS SUCH AS THIS. INCOMING WAVES IN RAPID SUCCESSION CAN TIRE A SWIMMER QUICKLY. && $$ LAWRENCE
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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.