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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 4, 2014Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

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.

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, 9.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2014-09-04Temperature 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 2014-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 10:49 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX47 hr
Sep 4, 4:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Manistee33 min
Sep 4, 5:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Wexford32 min
Sep 4, 5:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska24 min
Sep 4, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX116 min
Sep 4, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Leelanau, Manistee55 min
Sep 4, 2:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX114 min
Sep 4, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX82 min

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.