Alert archive / Michigan / Beach Hazards Statements in 2015
Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 30, 2015, 5:14 AM EDT for Antrim County, Emmet County, Michigan. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 2015, 5:14 AM EDT (09:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Antrim County, MI, Emmet County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 2052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
885 WHUS43 KAPX 300914 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 514 AM EDT THU JUL 30 2015 MIZ016-019-021-301715- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0008.150730T0914Z-150731T0400Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM- 514 AM EDT THU JUL 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS BUILDING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET PRODUCING DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...BEACHES OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...ESPECIALLY FROM GRAND TRAVERSE BAY NORTH TO THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC. 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. && $$ JPB
2 follow-up statements
643 WHUS43 KAPX 301512 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1112 AM EDT THU JUL 30 2015 MIZ016-019-021-302315- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150731T0400Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM- 1112 AM EDT THU JUL 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS BUILDING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET PRODUCING HAZARDOUS SWIM CONDITIONS DUE TO HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...BEACHES OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...ESPECIALLY FROM GRAND TRAVERSE BAY NORTH TO THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
561 WHUS43 KAPX 301935 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 335 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015 MIZ016-019-021-310345- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150731T0400Z/ EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-ANTRIM- 335 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 KNOTS BUILDING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET PRODUCING HAZARDOUS SWIM CONDITIONS DUE TO HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...BEACHES OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...ESPECIALLY FROM GRAND TRAVERSE BAY NORTH TO THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC. 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. && $$
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.