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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at May 30, 2015, 4:19 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 30, 2015, 10:49 AM EDT. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2015, 4:19 AM EDT (08:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 30, 2015, 10:49 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 31, 2015, 3:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
810 WHUS43 KGRR 300819 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 419 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-301630- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0003.150530T1800Z-150531T2200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 419 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. FOR NORTH FLOW USE: NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL BUILD WAVES TO BETWEEN 4 TO 7 FEET. THESE CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH THE VERY COLD WATER WILL MAKE BEING IN THE WATER HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WDM WEATHER.GOV/GRR
6 follow-up statements
860 WHUS43 KGRR 301449 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1049 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-302300- /O.EXT.KGRR.BH.S.0003.150530T1449Z-150531T2200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 1049 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL BUILD WAVES TO BETWEEN 4 TO 7 FEET. THESE CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH THE VERY COLD WATER WILL MAKE BEING IN THE WATER HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
486 WHUS43 KGRR 302017 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 417 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-310430- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150531T2200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 417 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AT 20 TO 30 KNOTS CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL BUILD WAVES TO BETWEEN 4 AND 6 FEET. THESE CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH THE VERY COLD WATER WILL MAKE BEING IN THE WATER HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
537 WHUS43 KGRR 310159 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 959 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-311000- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150531T2200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 959 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET. THESE CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH THE VERY COLD WATER WILL MAKE BEING IN THE WATER HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
171 WHUS43 KGRR 310730 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 330 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 MIZ037-043-050-310830- /O.CAN.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150531T2200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 330 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. WINDS AND WAVES WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON LESSENING THE HAZARD. $$ MIZ056-064-071-311530- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150531T2200Z/ OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 330 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET. THESE CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH THE VERY COLD WATER WILL MAKE BEING IN THE WATER HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WDM WEATHER.GOV/GRR
849 WHUS43 KGRR 311444 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1044 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 MIZ056-064-071-312200- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150531T2200Z/ OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 1044 AM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO GRAND HAVEN. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET. THESE CONDITIONS IN COMBINATION WITH THE VERY COLD WATER WILL MAKE BEING IN THE WATER HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
343 WHUS43 KGRR 311912 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 312 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 MIZ056-064-071-312015- /O.CAN.KGRR.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150531T2200Z/ OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 312 PM EDT SUN MAY 31 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. WINDS ARE DIMINISHING AND WAVES ARE SUBSIDING SUFFICIENTLY THAT THE BEACH HAZARD POTENTIAL IS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA. $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent | 63 min |
| May 29, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Gratiot | 57 min |
| May 30, 2:56 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 36 hr | |
| May 30, 7:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson and 2 more | 24 hr |
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.