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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 7, 2015, 4:30 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 7, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2015, 4:30 AM EDT (08:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:28 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, 8.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
167 WHUS43 KAPX 070830 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 430 AM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 MIZ020-025-031-071630- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0004.150607T1200Z-150608T0000Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 430 AM EDT SUN JUN 7 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...SOUTH WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES 3 TO 6 FEET...LEADING TO RIP CURRENTS. COLD WATER TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA. * TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES IN LEELANAU...BENZIE AND MANISTEE COUNTIES. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
644 WHUS43 KAPX 071429 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1029 AM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 MIZ020-025-031-072230- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150608T0000Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 1029 AM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...SOUTH WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES 3 TO 6 FEET... LEADING TO RIP CURRENTS. COLD WATER TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA. * TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES IN LEELANAU...BENZIE AND MANISTEE COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
165 WHUS43 KAPX 072004 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 404 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 MIZ020-025-031-080000- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150608T0000Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 404 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES 3 TO 6 FEET... LEADING TO RIP CURRENTS. COLD WATER TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN A THREAT FOR HYPOTHERMIA. * TIMING...UNTIL 8 PM. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES IN LEELANAU...BENZIE AND MANISTEE COUNTIES. 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. && $$
628 WHUS43 KAPX 080016 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 816 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 MIZ020-025-031-080130- /O.EXP.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150608T0000Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 816 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... THE SWIM RISK FOR HAZARDOUS CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES HAS BEEN LOWERED FROM HIGH TO MODERATE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:27 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 16 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.