Alert archive / Michigan / Beach Hazards Statements in 2015
Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 23, 2015, 11:36 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2015, 11:36 AM EDT (15:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2015, 5:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
900 WHUS43 KGRR 231536 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1136 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 MIZ050-056-064-071-232345- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0007.150623T1536Z-150624T0000Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 1136 AM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO WHITEHALL. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... AND MUSKEGON STATE PARK. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET AND HAZARDOUS SWIM CONDITIONS TODAY BEFORE SUBSIDING QUICKLY TOWARD EVENING. 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
1 follow-up statement
363 WHUS43 KGRR 232102 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 502 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 MIZ050-056-064-071-232215- /O.CAN.KGRR.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150624T0000Z/ MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 502 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. THE SWIM HAZARD RISK HAS DIMINISHED. WINDS AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:25 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 10 days |
| Jun 22, 9:25 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 35 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:59 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 9 hr | |
| Jun 22, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 10:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 12 hr |
| Jun 22, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Barry, Calhoun, Eaton | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 10:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 53 min | |
| Jun 22, 10:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Van Buren | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 11:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton, Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 12 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Ingham, Jackson | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Jun 22, 11:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | GRR | Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Jackson | 12 hr |
| Jun 23, 12:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan, Barry, Eaton, Ingham | 12 hr |
| Jun 23, 12:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRR | Jackson | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 12:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton, Ionia | 12 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:35 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 39 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | GRR | Clinton | 3 days |
| Jun 23, 3:49 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Jackson | 10 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:49 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 6 days |
| Jun 23, 3:49 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 53 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:49 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ingham | 3 days |
| Jun 23, 3:49 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Clinton | 6 days |
| Jun 23, 3:49 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Barry | 7 days |
| Jun 23, 11:02 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Eaton | 69 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:02 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia | 33 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:02 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Calhoun | 23 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:02 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Allegan | 10 days |
| Jun 23, 11:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Calhoun, Eaton | 24 hr |
| Jun 23, 12:35 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | GRR | Kent | 4 days |
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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.