Alert archive / Michigan / Beach Hazards Statements in 2014
Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 3:32 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 12 hr | |
| Jul 15, 7:11 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 3 hr |
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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.