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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 12, 2016Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 12, 2016, 3:39 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
Jul 12, 2016, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2016, 8:00 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 07:40 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, 7.7 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 2016-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1537 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 2016-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1537 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

As transmitted.

042 
WHUS43 KAPX 120739
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
339 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016

MIZ020-025-031-121545-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0006.160712T0739Z-160713T0000Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
339 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 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...HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
  FROM LEELANAU TO MANISTEE.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
706 
WHUS43 KAPX 121449
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1049 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016


MIZ020-025-031-130000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-160713T0000Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
1049 AM EDT TUE JUL 12 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN 
  FROM LEELANAU TO MANISTEE. 

* 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAntrim, Kalkaska41 min
Jul 12, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXKalkaska, Missaukee38 min
Jul 12, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Jul 12, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Montmorency, Otsego, Presque Isle28 min

Nearby

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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.