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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 7, 2015, 4:54 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jun 7, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2015, 4:54 AM EDT (08:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 08:54 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 00:00Z, 8.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
531 WHUS43 KGRR 070854 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 454 AM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-071700- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0004.150607T1400Z-150608T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 454 AM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. WAVES WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET NORTH OF HOLLAND AND 3 TO 5 FEET SOUTH OF HOLLAND. THE LARGE WAVES...STRONG CURRENTS...AND COLD WATER TEMPERATURES POSE A HIGH RISK FOR SWIMMERS. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
2 follow-up statements
425 WHUS43 KGRR 071407 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1007 AM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-072215- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150608T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 1007 AM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. WAVES WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET NORTH OF HOLLAND AND 3 TO 5 FEET SOUTH OF HOLLAND. THE LARGE WAVES...STRONG CURRENTS...AND COLD WATER TEMPERATURES POSE A HIGH RISK FOR SWIMMERS. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WDM WEATHER.GOV/GRR
820 WHUS43 KGRR 072055 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 455 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-080300- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150608T0300Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 455 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET DECREASING TO 2 TO 4 FEET BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE LARGE WAVES...STRONG CURRENTS...AND COLD WATER TEMPERATURES POSE A HIGH RISK FOR SWIMMERS. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. && $$ JAM WEATHER.GOV/GRR
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.