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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 19, 2015, 5:07 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 19, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2015, 5:07 AM EDT (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 19, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 09:08 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, 9.1 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
- 197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
597 WHUS43 KAPX 190907 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 507 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 MIZ020-025-031-191715- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0010.150819T1200Z-150820T0400Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 507 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS CURRENTS...HIGH WAVES...AND GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF LEELANAU...BENZIE...AND MANISTEE 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. && $$ JZ
2 follow-up statements
336 WHUS43 KAPX 191344 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 944 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 MIZ015-192145- /O.EXA.KAPX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150820T0400Z/ MACKINAC- 944 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A HIGH SWIM RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE EVENING. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS CURRENTS...HIGH WAVES...AND GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES ALONG THE US-2 CORRIDOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ MIZ020-025-031-192145- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150820T0400Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 944 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS CURRENTS...HIGH WAVES...AND GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF LEELANAU...BENZIE...AND MANISTEE 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. && $$ LAWRENCE
535 WHUS43 KAPX 192020 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 420 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 MIZ015-020-025-031-200400- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150820T0400Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 420 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS CURRENTS...HIGH WAVES...AND GUSTY WINDS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES ALONG THE US-2 CORRIDOR AS WELL AS THE BEACHES OF LEELANAU...BENZIE AND MANISTEE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 49 min | |
| Aug 19, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | APX | Alcona, Oscoda | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Alpena | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 38 min | |
| Aug 19, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 43 min | |
| Aug 19, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Presque Isle | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | 38 min | |
| Aug 19, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 49 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.