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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 12, 2014, 5:26 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Aug 12, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 2014, 5:26 AM EDT (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 12, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 12, 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 09:27 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, 9.4 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
715 WHUS43 KAPX 120926 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 526 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014 MIZ016-019>021-025-031-121730- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0004.140812T1200Z-140813T0300Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 526 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 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 ALL OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL PERIODICALLY GUST TO 25 KNOTS MAINLY LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS MAY ALLOW TO FORMATION OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. 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 && $$ WEATHER.GOV/APX
2 follow-up statements
328 WHUS43 KAPX 121502 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1102 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014 MIZ016-019>021-025-031-130300- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-140813T0300Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 1102 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES ALONG ALL OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL PERIODICALLY GUST TO 25 KNOTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS MAY ALLOW TO FORMATION OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ WEATHER.GOV/APX
059 WHUS43 KAPX 122006 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 406 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014 MIZ016-019>021-025-031-130300- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-140813T0300Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT... MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 406 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 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 ALL OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL PERIODICALLY GUST TO 25 KNOTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS MAY ALLOW TO FORMATION OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. 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. HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 8:42 PM EDT | Flood Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Iosco | 9 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.