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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 4, 2014, 5:23 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2014, 5:23 AM EDT (09:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 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 09:26 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 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
472 WHUS43 KAPX 040923 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 523 AM EDT THU SEP 4 2014 MIZ020-025-031-041730- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0007.140904T0923Z-140905T0300Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 523 AM EDT THU SEP 4 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 FROM BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO THE NORTHERN TIP OF THE LEELANAU PENINSULA. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 2 TO 5 FEET. THIS MAY LEAD TO RIP CURRENT FORMATION. 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 && $$ WEATHER.GOV/APX
1 follow-up statement
866 WHUS43 KAPX 041546 CFWAPX LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1146 AM EDT THU SEP 4 2014 MIZ020-025-031-050000- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140905T0300Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF...NORTHPORT...FRANKFORT...MANISTEE 1146 AM EDT THU SEP 4 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS...POSSIBLE * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO THE NORTHERN TIP OF THE LEELANAU PENINSULA. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 2 TO 5 FEET. THIS MAY LEAD TO RIP CURRENT FORMATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ WEATHER.GOV/APX
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 10:49 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 47 hr | |
| Sep 4, 4:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Manistee | 33 min |
| Sep 4, 5:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Wexford | 32 min |
| Sep 4, 5:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Kalkaska | 24 min |
| Sep 4, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 116 min | |
| Sep 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Leelanau, Manistee | 55 min |
| Sep 4, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 114 min | |
| Sep 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 82 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.