Alert archive / Michigan / Beach Hazards Statements in 2015
Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 19, 2015, 4:09 AM EDT for 7 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2015, 4:09 AM EDT (08:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
816 WHUS43 KAPX 190809 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 409 AM EDT SAT SEP 19 2015 MIZ016>021-025-031-192200- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0016.150919T0809Z-150919T2200Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE- MANISTEE- 409 AM EDT SAT SEP 19 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND WAVES WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO THE STRAITS...AS WELL AS NORTHERN LAKE HURON BEACHES FROM THE STRAITS TO PRESQUE ISLE. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
758 WHUS43 KAPX 191429 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1029 AM EDT SAT SEP 19 2015 MIZ016>021-025-031-192200- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-150919T2200Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE- MANISTEE- 1029 AM EDT SAT SEP 19 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND WAVES WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO THE STRAITS...AS WELL AS NORTHERN LAKE HURON BEACHES FROM THE STRAITS TO PRESQUE ISLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
236 WHUS43 KAPX 191846 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 246 PM EDT SAT SEP 19 2015 MIZ016>021-025-031-200000- /O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-150920T0000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE- MANISTEE- 246 PM EDT SAT SEP 19 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS AND WAVES WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO THE STRAITS...AS WELL AS NORTHERN LAKE HURON BEACHES FROM THE STRAITS TO PRESQUE ISLE. 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. && $$
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.