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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 9, 2016Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 9, 2016, 3:53 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 9, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2016, 3:53 AM EDT (07:53 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 9, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 9, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
12 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 07:52 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 00:00Z, 7.9 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 2016-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2016-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1087 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

063 
WHUS43 KAPX 090753
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
353 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016


MIZ020-025-031-091700-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0005.160709T0900Z-160709T2100Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
353 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

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

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

* HAZARDS...HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

JZ
1 follow-up statement
732 
WHUS43 KAPX 091538
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1138 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

MIZ020-025-031-092100-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-160709T2100Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
1138 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* HAZARDS...HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

SMD

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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.