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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 15, 2014Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 15, 2014, 8:43 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2014, 8:43 AM EDT (12:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2014, 3:31 PM EDT
In force
7 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 12:45 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 12:00Z, 0.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2014-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2014-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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.

511 
WHUS43 KAPX 151243
CFWAPX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
843 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

MIZ020-025-031-152045-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0001.140715T1243Z-140716T0300Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
843 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...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...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE.

* LOCATION...BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO LEELANAU STATE
  PARK...INCLUDING THE BEACHES AT SLEEPING BEAR DUNES. 

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A
STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY.

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 INTO DEEPER WATER.

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/APX
1 follow-up statement
470 
WHUS43 KAPX 151931
CFWAPX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
331 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

MIZ020-025-031-152045-
/O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-140716T0300Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
331 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT. 

WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 4 FEET. THE SWIM RISK HAS BECOME
MODERATE.

$$


WEATHER.GOV/APX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:32 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX12 hr
Jul 15, 7:11 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX3 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2014Every beach hazards statement in 2014

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.