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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 17, 2016Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 17, 2016, 4:26 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 17, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 2016, 4:26 AM EDT (08:26 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 17, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 18, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
19 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 08:27 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, 8.4 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 2016-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 2016-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

114 
WHUS43 KAPX 170826
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
426 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016

MIZ015-020-025-031-171630-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0007.160717T0900Z-160718T0900Z/
MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
426 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

* HAZARDS...HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN FROM
  LEELANAU TO MANISTEE...AND ALONG US-2 WEST OF THE MACKINAC
  BRIDGE.

* 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
374 
WHUS43 KAPX 171453
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1053 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016


MIZ015-020-025-031-172300-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160718T0900Z/
MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
1053 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

* HAZARDS...HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS. CHANCE OF
  THUNDERSTORMS AND LIGHTNING THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN FROM 
  LEELANAU TO MANISTEE...AND ALONG US-2 WEST OF THE MACKINAC 
  BRIDGE. 

* 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
859 
WHUS43 KAPX 171952
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
352 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016

MIZ015-172100-
/O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160718T0900Z/
MACKINAC-
352 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER ACROSS THE AREA.

&&

$$

MIZ020-025-031-180400-
/O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160718T0400Z/
LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
352 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

* HAZARDS...HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHERN 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.

&&

$$

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.