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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 22, 2014, 5:36 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jul 22, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2014, 5:36 AM EDT (09:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 22, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
017 WHUS43 KAPX 220936 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 536 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2014 MIZ015-016-019>021-025-031-221745- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0002.140722T1200Z-140723T0300Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ST. IGNACE...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 536 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 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 ALONG THE NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN SHORELINE...INCLUDING MACKINAC COUNTY IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTH WINDS TURNING SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET...TO AS HIGH AS 6 FEET LOCALLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER 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. CHANNEL CURRENTS ARE STRONG CURRENTS THAT MOVE PARALLEL TO SHORE IN BETWEEN THE BEACH AND AN OFFSHORE FEATURE SUCH AS A SET OF ROCKS OR AN ISLAND. IF WALKING ALONG A SANDBAR OUT TO THE ISLAND OR ROCKS... THE CURRENT CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. OUTLET CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING FROM RIVER MOUTHS OR OTHER OUTLETS INTO THE LAKE. NEVER SWIM NEAR RIVER MOUTHS OR OTHER OUTLETS AS THE CURRENT CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. 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 && $$ WEATHER.GOV/APX
3 follow-up statements
120 WHUS43 KAPX 221133 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 733 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2014 MIZ015-016-019>021-025-031-221945- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0002.140722T1200Z-140723T0300Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ST. IGNACE...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 733 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES ALONG THE NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN SHORELINE...AS WELL AS THE BEACHES ALONG US-2 IN MACKINAC COUNTY. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTH WINDS TURNING SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET...TO AS HIGH AS 6 FEET LOCALLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ LAWRENCE
970 WHUS43 KAPX 222008 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 408 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2014 MIZ015-016-019>021-025-031-230300- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140723T0300Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ST. IGNACE...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 408 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES ALONG THE NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN SHORELINE...AS WELL AS THE BEACHES ALONG US-2 IN MACKINAC COUNTY. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH. CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET...SUBSIDING THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ LAWRENCE
802 WHUS43 KAPX 222011 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 411 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2014 MIZ015-016-019>021-025-031-230300- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140723T0300Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...ST. IGNACE...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 411 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES ALONG THE NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN SHORELINE...AS WELL AS THE BEACHES ALONG US-2 IN MACKINAC COUNTY. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH. CHOPPY CONDITIONS WITH WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET...SUBSIDING THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ LAWRENCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 42 min | |
| Jul 22, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 28 min |
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.