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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 20, 2015, 3:47 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jul 20, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2015, 3:47 AM EDT (07:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 20, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
073 WHUS43 KAPX 200747 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 347 AM EDT MON JUL 20 2015 MIZ015-016-019>021-025-031-201600- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0007.150720T1400Z-150721T0000Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 347 AM EDT MON JUL 20 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * HAZARDS...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET PRODUCING DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS. * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING TODAY. * LOCATION...BEACHES OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MANISTEE COUNTY INTO MACKINAC COUNTY...EXCLUDING GRAND TRAVERSE BAY. 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. && $$ LAWRENCE
2 follow-up statements
605 WHUS43 KAPX 201504 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1104 AM EDT MON JUL 20 2015 MIZ015-016-019>021-025-031-202315- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150721T0000Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 1104 AM EDT MON JUL 20 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET PRODUCING DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS. * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING TODAY. * LOCATION...BEACHES OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MANISTEE COUNTY INTO MACKINAC COUNTY...EXCLUDING GRAND TRAVERSE BAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
323 WHUS43 KAPX 202101 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 501 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2015 MIZ015-016-019>021-025-031-210000- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150721T0000Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 501 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET PRODUCING DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING TODAY. * LOCATION...BEACHES OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN FROM MANISTEE COUNTY INTO MACKINAC COUNTY...EXCLUDING GRAND TRAVERSE BAY. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 4:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 18 hr | |
| Jul 20, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford and 12 more | 20 min |
| Jul 20, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 57 min | |
| Jul 20, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 62 min | |
| Jul 20, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 53 min | |
| Jul 20, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Crawford, Iosco, Kalkaska, Missaukee and 4 more | 56 min |
| Jul 20, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 60 min | |
| Jul 20, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 60 min | |
| Jul 20, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Arenac, Gladwin | 38 min |
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.