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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 16, 20145 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 16, 2014, 5:15 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2014, 5:15 AM EDT (09:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
11 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 09:14 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, 9.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2014-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 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.

854 
WHUS43 KAPX 160915
CFWAPX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
515 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014

MIZ016-019>021-025-031-161715-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0005.140816T0915Z-140816T2000Z/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...
MANCELONA...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
515 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING 
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE.

* LOCATION...BEACHES ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS
  THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 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.

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
990 
WHUS43 KAPX 161509
CFWAPX

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1109 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014

MIZ016-019-021-161615-
/O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140816T2000Z/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...PETOSKEY...CHARLEVOIX...MANCELONA
1109 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

MIZ020-025-031-162000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140816T2000Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE
1109 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2014

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING 
  CONDITIONS EXPECTED. 

* RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE.

* LOCATION...BEACHES ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE.

* OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH
  GUSTS TO 25 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO
  NORTHWEST. 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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 5:45 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX10 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.