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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 22, 2015, 11:17 PM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2015, 11:17 PM EDT (03:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2015, 3:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 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 03:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 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
- 492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 446 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 553 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
868 WHUS43 KAPX 230317 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1117 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015 MIZ008-015-017-018-024-030-036-231500- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0005.150623T0317Z-150623T1500Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA-ALCONA-IOSCO- 1117 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR HIGH SWIM RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY. * HAZARDS...WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. THIS WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET AND HIGH SWIM RISK CONDITIONS. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...LAKE HURON BEACHES OF NORTHERN LAKE HURON. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
954 WHUS43 KAPX 231027 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 627 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 MIZ024-030-036-231130- /O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150623T1500Z/ ALPENA-ALCONA-IOSCO- 627 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ MIZ008-015-017-018-231830- /O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150624T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE- 627 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET AND HIGH SWIM RISK CONDITIONS. HIGHEST WAVES WILL BE ALONG THE CHEBOYGAN AND PRESQUE ISLE BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...LAKE HURON BEACHES OF NORTHERN LAKE HURON. 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. && $$ SMD
965 WHUS43 KAPX 231531 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1131 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 MIZ008-015-017-018-232345- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150624T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE- 1131 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET AND HIGH SWIM RISK CONDITIONS. HIGHEST WAVES WILL BE ALONG THE CHEBOYGAN AND PRESQUE ISLE BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...LAKE HURON BEACHES OF NORTHERN LAKE HURON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
292 WHUS43 KAPX 231957 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 357 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 MIZ008-015-017-018-232100- /O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150624T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE- 357 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$
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.