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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 16, 2015, 5:09 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 16, 2015, 5:09 AM EDT (09:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 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 09:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 477 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
907 WHUS43 KAPX 160909 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 509 AM EDT WED SEP 16 2015 MIZ015-020-025-031-161715- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0015.150916T0909Z-150917T0400Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 509 AM EDT WED SEP 16 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...3 TO 6 FOOT WAVES WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS ON NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES BETWEEN MANISTEE AND NORTHPORT...AS WELL AS 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. && $$ JPB
3 follow-up statements
059 WHUS43 KAPX 161451 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1051 AM EDT WED SEP 16 2015 MIZ015-020-025-031-162300- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-150917T0400Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 1051 AM EDT WED SEP 16 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...3 TO 6 FOOT WAVES WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS ON NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES BETWEEN MANISTEE AND NORTHPORT...AS WELL AS ALONG US-2 IN MACKINAC COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ MSB
628 WHUS43 KAPX 162002 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 402 PM EDT WED SEP 16 2015 MIZ015-020-025-031-170400- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-150917T0400Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 402 PM EDT WED SEP 16 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...3 TO 6 FOOT WAVES WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS ON NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES BETWEEN MANISTEE AND NORTHPORT...AS WELL AS 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. && $$
820 WHUS43 KAPX 162103 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 503 PM EDT WED SEP 16 2015 MIZ015-020-025-031-170400- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-150917T0400Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 503 PM EDT WED SEP 16 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...3 TO 6 FOOT WAVES WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS ON NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES BETWEEN MANISTEE AND NORTHPORT...AS WELL AS ALONG US-2 IN MACKINAC COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 4:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 24 hr |
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.