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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 14, 20155 counties in Michigan

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2015-09-14Temperature 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 2015-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

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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.