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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 21, 2016, 3:41 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Jul 21, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2016, 3:41 AM EDT (07:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 21, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2016, 8:00 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 07:39 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, 7.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
520 WHUS43 KAPX 210741 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 341 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2016 MIZ020-025-031-211545- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0008.160721T1200Z-160722T0000Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 341 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
120 WHUS43 KAPX 211534 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1134 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2016 MIZ020-025-031-212345- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160722T0000Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 1134 AM EDT THU JUL 21 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN FROM LEELANAU TO MANISTEE. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
690 WHUS43 KAPX 212005 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 405 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016 MIZ020-025-031-220000- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-160722T0000Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 405 PM EDT THU JUL 21 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 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 3:35 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 19 hr | |
| Jul 21, 8:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Chippewa, Mackinac | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 93 min | |
| Jul 21, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Antrim, Benzie, Emmet, Grand Traverse | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 11:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | APX | Grand Traverse, Wexford | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Missaukee, Wexford | 70 min |
| Jul 21, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 84 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.