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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 5, 2015, 3:52 PM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 6, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2015, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 6, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 19:51 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 12:00Z, 7.9 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
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
561 WHUS43 KAPX 051952 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 352 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015 MIZ015-020-025-031-060400- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0006.150706T1500Z-150707T1000Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 352 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * HAZARDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET ALONG IMPACTED BEACHES PRODUCING DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS. * TIMING...1100 AM MONDAY MORNING TO 600 AM TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE ALONG US-2 AND LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
637 WHUS43 KAPX 060205 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1005 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015 MIZ015-020-025-031-061015- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0006.150706T1500Z-150707T1000Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 1005 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * HAZARDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET ALONG IMPACTED BEACHES PRODUCING DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS. * TIMING...1100 AM MONDAY MORNING TO 600 AM TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE ALONG US-2 AND LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
717 WHUS43 KAPX 060809 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 409 AM EDT MON JUL 6 2015 MIZ015-020-025-031-061700- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0006.150706T1500Z-150707T1000Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 409 AM EDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET ALONG IMPACTED BEACHES PRODUCING DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS. * TIMING...11 AM TODAY TO 600 AM TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE ALONG US-2...AND FROM MANISTEE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT. 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. && $$ JZ
249 WHUS43 KAPX 061512 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1112 AM EDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SWIM CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ON PARTS OF LAKE MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON... MIZ015-020-025-031-062315- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150707T1000Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 1112 AM EDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WAVES THAT WILL LOCALLY EXCEED 4 FEET. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALLY DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS. * TIMING...11 AM TODAY THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES WEST OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE ALONG US-2...AND FROM MANISTEE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ SMITH
087 WHUS43 KAPX 062147 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 547 PM EDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SWIM CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ON PARTS OF LAKE MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON... MIZ015-020-025-031-070100- /O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150707T0100Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 547 PM EDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WAVES THAT WILL LOCALLY EXCEED 4 FEET. THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALLY DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS. * TIMING...THROUGH MID EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO SLEEPING BEAR POINT. 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. && $$
380 WHUS43 KAPX 070101 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 901 PM EDT MON JUL 6 2015 MIZ015-020-025-031-070215- /O.EXP.KAPX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150707T0100Z/ MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 901 PM EDT MON JUL 6 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 3:43 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 55 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.