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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 25, 2015Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at May 25, 2015, 3:52 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at May 25, 2015, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2015, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)
In effect from
May 25, 2015, 9:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 26, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
23 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 07:56 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 299 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2015-05-25Temperature 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2015-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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.

290 
WHUS43 KAPX 250752
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
352 AM EDT MON MAY 25 2015

MIZ020-025-031-251600-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0001.150525T1300Z-150526T0400Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
352 AM EDT MON MAY 25 2015

...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 A HIGH SWIM RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
9 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5
  FEET LEADING TO LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS.
  VERY COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WITH A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA.

* TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH LATE EVENING TODAY.

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF MANISTEE...BENZIE...AND
  LEELANAU COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS
AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS.

&&

$$

LAWRENCE
1 follow-up statement
718 
WHUS43 KAPX 252008
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
408 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2015

MIZ020-025-031-260415-
/O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150526T1200Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
408 PM EDT MON MAY 25 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING...

* HAZARDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 
  5 FEET LEADING TO LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP 
  CURRENTS. VERY COLD WATER TEMPERATURES WITH A THREAT FOR 
  HYPOTHERMIA. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF MANISTEE...BENZIE...AND 
  LEELANAU COUNTIES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE
EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS
AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS.

&&

$$

AJS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 4:06 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX28 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2015Every beach hazards statement in 2015

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.