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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 2, 20156 counties in Michigan

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.

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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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2015-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1667 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2015-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 7:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX88 min
Aug 2, 9:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX62 min
Aug 2, 9:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXCharlevoix45 min
Aug 2, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXCheboygan, Emmet38 min
Aug 2, 10:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX61 min
Aug 2, 10:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Presque Isle41 min
Aug 2, 11:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX90 min
Aug 2, 11:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX64 min
Aug 2, 11:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLeelanau54 min
Aug 2, 11:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX61 min
Aug 2, 11:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXManistee38 min
Aug 2, 11:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska53 min
Aug 2, 12:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGrand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford45 min
Aug 2, 12:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Crawford, Otsego66 min
Aug 2, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX22 min
Aug 2, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMontmorency, Oscoda66 min
Aug 2, 12:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX32 min
Aug 2, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Aug 2, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX116 min
Aug 2, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Alpena, Presque Isle56 min
Aug 2, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin30 min
Aug 2, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Iosco, Ogemaw, Oscoda36 min
Aug 2, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX113 min
Aug 2, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Iosco39 min
Aug 2, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX50 min
Aug 2, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX35 min
Aug 2, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX112 min
Aug 2, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX106 min
Aug 2, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska, Missaukee50 min
Aug 2, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX61 min
Aug 2, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Manistee, Wexford63 min
Aug 2, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCrawford, Roscommon55 min
Aug 2, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Otsego and 2 more59 min
Aug 2, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXOgemaw57 min
Aug 2, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXArenac, Iosco53 min
Aug 2, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Charlevoix, Crawford, Kalkaska, Montmorency, Oscoda and 1 more60 min
Aug 2, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX114 min
Aug 2, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXWexford26 min
Aug 2, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee, Ogemaw, Roscommon65 min
Aug 2, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee29 min
Aug 2, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX58 min
Aug 2, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin, Roscommon32 min
Aug 2, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Arenac, Iosco64 min
Aug 2, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXBenzie, Manistee41 min
Aug 2, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin30 min
Aug 2, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXWexford34 min
Aug 2, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXMissaukee32 min
Aug 2, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXGladwin, Roscommon52 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.