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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 1, 2014, 3:59 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Sep 1, 2014, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2014, 3:59 AM EDT (07:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 1, 2014, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 07:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.0 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
188 WHUS43 KAPX 010759 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 359 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2014 MIZ020-025-031-011600- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0006.140901T1300Z-140902T0000Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 359 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS...AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO THE NORTHERN TIP OF THE LEELANAU PENINSULA. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...COMBINED WITH WAVES OF 2 TO 5 FEET. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR THE FORMATION OF RIP CURRENTS AT ANY TIME ALONG THE BEACHES. 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. && $$ NWS GAYLORD
2 follow-up statements
796 WHUS43 KAPX 011503 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1103 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2014 MIZ020-025-031-012315- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140902T0000Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 1103 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS...AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO THE NORTHERN TIP OF THE LEELANAU PENINSULA. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...COMBINED WITH WAVES OF 2 TO 5 FEET. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR THE FORMATION OF RIP CURRENTS AT ANY TIME ALONG THE BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/APX
499 WHUS43 KAPX 012045 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 445 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014 MIZ020-025-031-020300- /O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140902T0300Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 445 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS...AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO THE NORTHERN TIP OF THE LEELANAU PENINSULA. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING...COMBINED WITH WAVES OF 2 TO 5 FEET. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR THE FORMATION OF RIP CURRENTS AT ANY TIME ALONG THE BEACHES. 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/APX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Kalkaska | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Crawford, Kalkaska, Otsego | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 1:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Antrim, Kalkaska | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 2:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Crawford | 34 min |
| Sep 1, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Otsego | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Montmorency, Oscoda | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw, Roscommon | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Montmorency | 37 min |
| Sep 1, 2:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Cheboygan | 21 min |
| Sep 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 88 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Presque Isle | 55 min |
| Sep 1, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena | 64 min |
| Sep 1, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 88 min |
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.