Alert archive / Michigan / Beach Hazards Statements in 2014
Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Gaylord, MI
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 5:45 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 10 hr |
Nearby
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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.