Alert archive / Michigan / Beach Hazards Statements in 2015
Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 30, 2015, 4:16 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2015, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
252 WHUS43 KAPX 300816 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 416 AM EDT WED SEP 30 2015 MIZ017-018-024-030-036-010400- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0017.150930T0816Z-151001T0400Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA-ALCONA-IOSCO- 416 AM EDT WED SEP 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATION...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LAKE HURON BEACHES FROM THE STRAITS TO ALABASTER. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
041 WHUS43 KAPX 301502 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1102 AM EDT WED SEP 30 2015 MIZ017-018-024-030-036-302315- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-151001T0400Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA-ALCONA-IOSCO- 1102 AM EDT WED SEP 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATION...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LAKE HURON BEACHES FROM THE STRAITS TO ALABASTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
835 WHUS43 KAPX 301912 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 312 PM EDT WED SEP 30 2015 MIZ017-018-024-030-036-010315- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-151001T0400Z/ CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA-ALCONA-IOSCO- 312 PM EDT WED SEP 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATION...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LAKE HURON BEACHES FROM THE STRAITS TO ALABASTER. 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 30, 1:30 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | APX | Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Montmorency and 3 more | 20 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.