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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at May 30, 2015, 4:22 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at May 30, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2015, 4:22 AM EDT (08:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 30, 2015, 9:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 08:24 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 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
- 196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
973 WHUS43 KAPX 300822 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 422 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 MIZ020-302000- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0002.150530T1200Z-150531T0300Z/ LEELANAU- 422 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A HIGH SWIM RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...NORTH WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...LEADING TO LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. VERY COLD WATER TEMPERATURES...WITH A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF LEELANAU 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. && $$ MIZ025-302000- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0002.150530T1200Z-150531T0300Z/ BENZIE- 422 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A HIGH SWIM RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...NORTH WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...LEADING TO LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. VERY COLD WATER TEMPERATURES...WITH A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF BENZIE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ MIZ031-302000- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0002.150530T1200Z-150531T0300Z/ MANISTEE- 422 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A HIGH SWIM RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...NORTH WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...LEADING TO LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. VERY COLD WATER TEMPERATURES...WITH A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF MANISTEE 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. && $$ JZ
3 follow-up statements
566 WHUS43 KAPX 301434 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1034 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 MIZ020-302245- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150531T0300Z/ LEELANAU- 1034 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...NORTH WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...LEADING TO LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. VERY COLD WATER TEMPERATURES...WITH A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF LEELANAU COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ MIZ025-302245- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150531T0300Z/ BENZIE- 1034 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...NORTH WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...LEADING TO LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. VERY COLD WATER TEMPERATURES...WITH A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF BENZIE 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. && $$ MIZ031-302245- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150531T0300Z/ MANISTEE- 1034 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...NORTH WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...LEADING TO LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. VERY COLD WATER TEMPERATURES...WITH A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF MANISTEE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
173 WHUS43 KAPX 302007 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 407 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 MIZ020-310300- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150531T0300Z/ LEELANAU- 407 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...NORTH WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...LEADING TO LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. VERY COLD WATER TEMPERATURES...WITH A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF LEELANAU 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. && $$ MIZ025-310300- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150531T0300Z/ BENZIE- 407 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...NORTH WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...LEADING TO LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. VERY COLD WATER TEMPERATURES...WITH A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF BENZIE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ MIZ031-310300- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150531T0300Z/ MANISTEE- 407 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...NORTH WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...LEADING TO LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. VERY COLD WATER TEMPERATURES...WITH A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF MANISTEE 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. && $$
559 WHUS43 KAPX 310104 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 904 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 MIZ020-025-031-310215- /O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150531T0300Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 904 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:06 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 39 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.