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Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 30, 20155 counties in Michigan

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 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, 8.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2015-09-30Temperature 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2015-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 1:30 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryAPXCheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Montmorency and 3 more20 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.