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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 7, 2016Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 7, 2016, 4:12 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2016, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2016, 8:12 PM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Benzie County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
66 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

055 
WHUS43 KAPX 070812
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
412 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016


MIZ020-025-031-080300-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0001.160607T0812Z-160608T0300Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
412 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO SLEEPING BEAR. 

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL BUILD WAVES 
  TO 3 TO 5 FEET OR GREATER.

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.

&&

$$

ADAM
3 follow-up statements
439 
WHUS43 KAPX 071427
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1027 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

MIZ020-025-031-072230-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160608T0300Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
1027 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO SLEEPING 
  BEAR.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL BUILD 
  WAVES TO 3 TO 5 FEET OR GREATER. 

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.

&&

$$
668 
WHUS43 KAPX 071941
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
341 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

MIZ020-025-031-080300-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160608T0300Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
341 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES FROM MANISTEE TO SLEEPING 
  BEAR. 

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL BUILD 
  WAVES TO 3 TO 5 FEET OR GREATER. 

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.

&&

$$
893 
WHUS43 KAPX 080012
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
812 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

MIZ020-025-031-080115-
/O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160608T0300Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
812 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT. 

$$

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Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016

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.