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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 15, 2015, 4:41 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2015, 4:41 AM EDT (08:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 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 08:39 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, 8.7 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -501 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
746 WHUS43 KAPX 150841 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 441 AM EDT TUE SEP 15 2015 MIZ015-020-025-031-151700- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0014.150915T0841Z-150916T0400Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 441 AM EDT TUE SEP 15 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 3 TO 6 FEET ON NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN WILL LEAD TO AN ENHANCED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM MANISTEE TO NORTHPORT...AND BEACHES ALONG US-2 IN WESTERN 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. && $$ JPB
2 follow-up statements
135 WHUS43 KAPX 151506 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1106 AM EDT TUE SEP 15 2015 MIZ015-020-025-031-152315- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-150916T0400Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 1106 AM EDT TUE SEP 15 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...WAVE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET ON NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN WILL LEAD TO AN ENHANCED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM MANISTEE TO NORTHPORT...AND BEACHES ALONG US-2 IN WESTERN MACKINAC COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ AJS
315 WHUS43 KAPX 152107 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 507 PM EDT TUE SEP 15 2015 MIZ015-020-025-031-160400- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-150916T0400Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 507 PM EDT TUE SEP 15 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...WAVE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET ON NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN WILL LEAD TO AN ENHANCED THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM MANISTEE TO NORTHPORT...AND BEACHES ALONG US-2 IN WESTERN 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 4:23 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 49 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.