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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 1, 2013, 3:16 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Sep 2, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2013, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 2, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 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 07:20 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, 7.3 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
825 WHUS43 KGRR 010716 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 316 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-011530- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0015.130902T0400Z-130903T0000Z/ 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 316 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * 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... STERNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATER TODAY. NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND WAVES WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 6 FEET. THE NORTH SIDE OF PIERS AND BREAKWALLS WILL BE PRONE TO STRONG CURRENTS. 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
7 follow-up statements
074 WHUS43 KGRR 011554 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1154 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-020000- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0015.130902T0400Z-130903T0000Z/ 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 1154 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * 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 TONIGHT AND LABOR DAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WHICH WILL PERSIST INTO LABOR DAY. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH LARGE WAVES DANGEROUS CURRENTS LATE TONIGHT AND LABOR DAY. WAVES WILL BUILD INTO THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL OCCUR NEAR LUDINGTON AND PENTWATER AND IN THE FAR SOUTH TOWARDS SOUTH HAVEN. NORTH SIDES OF PIERS AND BREAKWALLS WILL SEE STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS. 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 DUKE
673 WHUS43 KGRR 011959 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 359 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-020400- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0015.130902T0400Z-130903T0000Z/ 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 SUN SEP 1 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * 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 TONIGHT AND LABOR DAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WHICH WILL PERSIST INTO LABOR DAY. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS LATE TONIGHT AND LABOR DAY. WAVES WILL BUILD INTO THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL OCCUR NEAR LUDINGTON AND PENTWATER AND IN THE FAR SOUTH TOWARDS SOUTH HAVEN. NORTH SIDES OF PIERS AND BREAKWALLS WILL SEE STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS. 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 DUKE
588 WHUS43 KGRR 020108 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 908 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-020915- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0015.130902T0400Z-130903T0000Z/ 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 908 PM EDT SUN SEP 1 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * 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 TONIGHT AND LABOR DAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WHICH WILL PERSIST INTO LABOR DAY. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS LATE TONIGHT AND LABOR DAY. WAVES WILL BUILD INTO THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL OCCUR NEAR LUDINGTON AND PENTWATER AND IN THE FAR SOUTH TOWARDS SOUTH HAVEN. NORTH SIDES OF PIERS AND BREAKWALLS WILL SEE STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS. 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
012 WHUS43 KGRR 020729 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 329 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-021530- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-130903T0000Z/ 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 329 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * 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 TONIGHT AND LABOR DAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY. DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS . WAVES WILL BUILD INTO THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL OCCUR NEAR LUDINGTON AND PENTWATER AND IN THE FAR SOUTH TOWARDS SOUTH HAVEN. NORTH SIDES OF PIERS AND BREAKWALLS WILL SEE STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS. 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
818 WHUS43 KGRR 021516 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1116 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-022330- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-130903T0000Z/ 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 1116 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * 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 TONIGHT AND LABOR DAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT MIDDAY SOME AREAS ARE NOT SEEING MUCH WAVE ACTION ON THE BEACH BUT THIS WILL LIKELY CHANGE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGHER WAVES OFFSHORE WILL PUSH IN TOWARDS THE BEACHES AS THE WINDS SWING TO THE NORTHWEST. HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SWIM RISK WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY AS WAVES BUILD. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL OCCUR NORTH OF WHITEHALL AND SOUTH OF HOLLAND. 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 DUKE
362 WHUS43 KGRR 021928 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 328 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-030330- /O.EXT.KGRR.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-130903T0600Z/ 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 328 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY... * 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 TONIGHT AND LABOR DAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING OVERNIGHT. WAVES WILL PEAK THIS EVENING IN THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE AND SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 4 FEET OVERNIGHT. A HIGH SWIM RISK WILL CONTINUE AT WEST MICHIGAN BEACHES ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN DUE TO HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS THROUGH NIGHT FALL. NORTH SIDES OF NORTH PIERS AND BREAKWALLS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MOST HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS. 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 DUKE
113 WHUS43 KGRR 030101 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 901 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-030600- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-130903T0600Z/ 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 901 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY... * 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 TONIGHT AND LABOR DAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING OVERNIGHT. WAVES WILL PEAK THIS EVENING IN THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE AND SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 4 FEET OVERNIGHT. NORTH SIDES OF NORTH PIERS AND BREAKWALLS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MOST HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS. 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Rapids, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this beach hazards statement went out at Aug 31, 11:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 11:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1123 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013 LATEST UPDATE... AVIATION .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 309 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013 MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT AS A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. ON SUNDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS INCREASING. THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE COLD FRONT WILL PASS OFF TO THE EAST SUNDAY NIGHT WITH SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES ENDING THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT...COOLER AIR WITH MUCH LESS HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED AS NORTHERLY WINDS SWEEP ACROSS THE STATE. HIGHS ON LABOR DAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOWER 70S ACROSS THE AREA WITH BEACH TEMPERATURES LIKELY HOLDING IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70. DRY AND COOLER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 309 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013 MAIN CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM IS CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT TRAVERSES THE AREA. COMPACT VORT CAN BE SEEN SPINNING OUT OF SOUTHERN SASK THIS AFTERNOON WITH A COLD FRONT AHEAD OF THE FEATURE AT THE SURFACE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. IT IS THIS UPPER SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT THAT PIVOT INTO THE GREAT LAKES TOMORROW. CLOUDS ARE NOT EXPANSIVE WITH THE SYSTEM AND BUFKIT OVERVIEWS DO NOT SOME IMPRESSIVE DEEP MOISTURE EITHER AS IT MOVES THROUGH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. HAVE MAINLY CHANCE POPS IN PLACE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST POPS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING REACHING LIKELY IN THE SOUTH AND EAST. SURFACE MOISTURE DOES SURGE TOMORROW...SO EXPECTING SOME CONVECTION WITH THE SYSTEM. THE AMOUNT OF DESTABILIZATION WILL BE KEY TO THE STRENGTH OF THE STORMS AND AT THIS POINT CONFIDENCE IN SIGNIFICANT SUNSHINE IS NOT HIGH. TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOWEVER 4PM TO 11PM WILL BE THE TIME FRAME TO WATCH ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT BREAKS AND WE WARM UP. OTHERWISE...TONIGHT SHOULD BE FAIRLY QUIET WITH STRATUS AND SOME LIGHT FOG FILLING BACK IN. THE NAM IS FAIRLY BULLISH ON THE LOW CLOUDS GOING OVERCAST ONCE AGAIN. THINK THERE WILL BE ENOUGH WIND OFF THE DECK TO KEEP FOG FROM BECOMING TO MUCH OF AN ISSUE IN THE PUBLIC FORECAST. DRY AND PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. COULD BE PATCHES OF LAKE STRATOCU OFF OF LAKE MICHIGAN AS DELTA T/S INCREASE INTO THE LOWER TEENS C. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 309 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013 A RATHER QUIET WEEK IS EXPECTED ALTHOUGH IT DOES LOOK MORE FALLISH AS WE WILL SEE A BIGGER OSCILLATION IN DAY TO DAY TEMPS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL TUESDAY WITH COOLISH TEMPS OF 70 TO 75. BUT AS RETURN FLOW KICKS IN WE WILL SEE A BRIEF WARMUP ON WED WITH TEMPS APPROACHING 80. A COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO DROP SE ACROSS THE CWA WED AFTERNOON/EVENING...BUT IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAP ANY GULF MOISTURE SO IT MAY VERY WELL PASS THROUGH DRY. THIS FRONT WILL PUSH HIGHS BACK INTO THE 70 TO 75 DEGREE RANGE FOR THURSDAY. HOWEVER ANY COOL SPELL LOOKS TO BE BRIEF AGAIN AS THE REGION IS ALREADY SEEING RETURN FLOW BY FRIDAY WHICH SHOULD PUSH TEMPS BACK TO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S FOR FRI/SAT. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1118 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013 SOME FOG IS STARTING TO APPEAR IN THE OBSERVATIONS AS OF 03Z. KAMN AND KRNP BOTH HAVE MVFR BR. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL AND THAT SHOULD LEAD TO LOW CLOUDS AND FOG FORMING/EXPANDING IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WILL MAINTAIN THE THEME OF THE FORECAST SHOWING IFR/MVFR FOG AND LOW CLOUDS DEVELOPING. BY 15Z CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR. A COLD FRONT CUTS SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT COULD TOUCH OFF AN ISOLATED STORM AFTER 19Z. RIGHT NOW THE GREATER RISK FOR FRONTAL STORMS APPEARS TO BE EAST OF KLAN AND KJXN. WILL HOLD OFF ON ADDING AFTERNOON STORMS TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. && .MARINE... ISSUED AT 309 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013 WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT FAIRLY TAME VALUES TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE TWO FEET OR LESS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. SUNDAY NIGHT INTO LABOR DAY IS A TIME FRAME OF CONCERN HOWEVER AS NORTHERLY FLOW BRINGING IN COOLER AIR IS EXPECTED TO KICK UP WAVES AND THEREFORE THREATS TO SMALLER CRAFT AND SWIMMERS. NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN RAMPING UP RIGHT AROUND SUNSET SUNDAY EVENING WITH NORTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DOWN THE LAKE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN UP THROUGH LABOR DAY...DIMINISHING SOME MONDAY NIGHT. IT APPEARS A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AND A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL BE NEEDED FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY LABOR DAY. AT THIS POINT PLAN ON HOLDING OFF SINCE IT IS A LATE THIRD PERIOD AND MAINLY FOURTH PERIOD EVENT. TONIGHT/S SHIFT CAN REEVALUATE AND ISSUE IF NECESSARY. LABOR DAY AFTERNOON LOOKS TO BE THE TIME FRAME OF THE HIGHEST WAVES AT WEST MICHIGAN BEACHES. BEACH POPULATION MAY BE KEPT DOWN SOME BY POTENTIAL CLOUD COVER AND TEMPS HOLDING IN THE 60S ON THE COAST. IT IS A HOLIDAY THOUGH AND WAVES AND BEACH HAZARDS WILL BE HIGH. GIVEN THE NORTH FLOW...NORTH SIDES OF NORTH PIERS WILL SEE THE HIGHEST SWIM RISK DUE TO STRUCTURAL CURRENTS. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 309 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013 ALL RIVER GAGING SITES ARE CURRENTLY WITHIN BANK...ALTHOUGH PORTIONS OF THE GRAND AND KALAMAZOO RIVER BASINS ARE SEEING HIGHER THAN NORMAL FLOWS DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL. GENERALLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THE SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED EARLY TO MID WEEK. OVERALL...HYDRO CONCERNS ARE LIMITED. && .GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MI...NONE. LM...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DUKE SHORT TERM...DUKE LONG TERM...JK AVIATION...MJS HYDROLOGY...DUKE MARINE...DUKE
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 8:40 PM EDT, 6 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 840 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-010745- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- 840 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LMZ844>849-010745- ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI- HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI- WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI- 840 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. HIGH WINDS AND WAVES ARE LIKELY OVER ALL OF LAKE MICHIGAN ON LABOR DAY... POSING A THREAT TO SMALL CRAFT AND BEACH GOERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MEADE 93
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:16 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 47 hr | |
| Sep 1, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Manistee | 41 min |
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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.