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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 2, 2015, 12:10 PM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2015, 12:10 PM EDT (16:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2015, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
985 WHUS43 KAPX 021610 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1210 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015 MIZ015-016-019>021-025-026-031-030015- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0009.150802T1610Z-150803T0200Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE- MANISTEE- 1210 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIM CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS CURRENTS...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...AND PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...BEACHES OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...INCLUDING LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY...GRAND TRAVERSE BAY...AND THE BEACHES ALONG US-2 IN EAST UPPER MICHIGAN. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 7:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 88 min | |
| Aug 2, 9:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 62 min | |
| Aug 2, 9:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Charlevoix | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 10:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Cheboygan, Emmet | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 10:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 61 min | |
| Aug 2, 10:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Presque Isle | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 11:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 90 min | |
| Aug 2, 11:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 64 min | |
| Aug 2, 11:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Leelanau | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 61 min | |
| Aug 2, 11:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Manistee | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Cheboygan, Crawford, Otsego | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 22 min | |
| Aug 2, 12:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Montmorency, Oscoda | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 32 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 2, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 116 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Presque Isle | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 113 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac, Iosco | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 50 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 35 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 112 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 106 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Kalkaska, Missaukee | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 61 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee, Wexford | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Crawford, Roscommon | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Otsego and 2 more | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Ogemaw | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Arenac, Iosco | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Antrim, Charlevoix, Crawford, Kalkaska, Montmorency, Oscoda and 1 more | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 114 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Wexford | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee, Ogemaw, Roscommon | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 58 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin, Roscommon | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Alcona, Arenac, Iosco | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Benzie, Manistee | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Wexford | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Missaukee | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Gladwin, Roscommon | 52 min |
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.