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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 14, 2015, 5:05 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Sep 14, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2015, 5:05 AM EDT (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 14, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
510 WHUS43 KAPX 140905 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 505 AM EDT MON SEP 14 2015 MIZ015-016-019>021-025-031-141700- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0013.150914T1200Z-150915T0400Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 505 AM EDT MON SEP 14 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR HIGH SWIM RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...WAVE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 7 FEET WILL BRING A THREAT FOR RIP CURRENT. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN OUTSIDE OF GRAND TRAVERSE BAY...AND ALONG US-2 IN MACKINAC COUNTY. 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. && $$ JPB
2 follow-up statements
033 WHUS43 KAPX 141513 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1113 AM EDT MON SEP 14 2015 MIZ015-016-019>021-025-031-142315- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-150915T0400Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 1113 AM EDT MON SEP 14 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...WAVE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 7 FEET WILL BRING A THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN OUTSIDE OF GRAND TRAVERSE BAY...AND ALONG US-2 IN MACKINAC COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ SMD
308 WHUS43 KAPX 141952 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 352 PM EDT MON SEP 14 2015 MIZ015-016-019>021-025-031-150400- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-150915T0400Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 352 PM EDT MON SEP 14 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...WAVE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 7 FEET WILL BRING A THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN OUTSIDE OF GRAND TRAVERSE BAY...AND ALONG US-2 IN MACKINAC COUNTY. 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. && $$ SMD
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.