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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 5, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jul 6, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 6, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2014, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
210 WHUS43 KGRR 052010 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 410 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2014 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-060415- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0003.140706T0600Z-140707T1200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 410 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY INCLUDE... SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS FROM THE SOUTH WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS EXPECTED. SOME GUSTS TOWARDS 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY NORTH OF HOLLAND. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BUILD WAVES INTO THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A BIT HIGHER WAVES NORTH OF HOLLAND. SOUTH SIDES OF PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM ON SUNDAY WHERE STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. 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 && $$ DUKE WEATHER.GOV/GRR
7 follow-up statements
471 WHUS43 KGRR 060044 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 844 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2014 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-060900- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0003.140706T0600Z-140707T1200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 844 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY INCLUDE... SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS FROM THE SOUTH WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS EXPECTED. SOME GUSTS TOWARDS 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY NORTH OF HOLLAND. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BUILD WAVES INTO THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A BIT HIGHER WAVES NORTH OF HOLLAND. SOUTH SIDES OF PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM ON SUNDAY WHERE STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. 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/GRR
825 WHUS43 KGRR 060738 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 338 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-061545- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140707T1200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 338 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY INCLUDE... SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS FROM THE SOUTH WILL INCREASE TODAY WITH 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS EXPECTED. SOME GUSTS TOWARDS 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF HOLLAND. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BUILD WAVES INTO THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A BIT HIGHER WAVES NORTH OF HOLLAND. SOUTH SIDES OF PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM WHERE STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. 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/GRR
912 WHUS43 KGRR 061517 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1117 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-062330- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140707T1200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 1117 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY INCLUDE... SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS FROM THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY WITH 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS EXPECTED. SOME GUSTS TOWARDS 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BUILD WAVES INTO THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A BIT HIGHER WAVES NORTH OF HOLLAND. SOUTH SIDES OF PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM WHERE STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. 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 && $$ DUKE WEATHER.GOV/GRR
490 WHUS43 KGRR 061953 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 353 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-070400- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140707T1200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 353 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY INCLUDE... SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH 15 TO 30 MPH WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BUILD WAVES INTO THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE. SOUTH SIDES OF PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM WHERE STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. 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 && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
843 WHUS43 KGRR 070605 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 205 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-071200- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140707T1200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 205 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY INCLUDE... SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH 15 TO 30 MPH WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BUILD WAVES INTO THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE. SOUTH SIDES OF PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM WHERE STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
567 WHUS43 KGRR 070657 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 257 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-071500- /O.EXT.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140707T1500Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 257 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY INCLUDE... SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...THE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL KEEP WAVES INTO THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE TO START THE MORNING. SOUTH SIDES OF PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM WHERE STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. 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 && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
882 WHUS43 KGRR 071525 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1125 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-071630- /O.EXP.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-140707T1500Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 1125 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:04 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 43 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.