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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 16, 2016, 10:31 AM EDT for Alcona County, Alpena County, Iosco County, Michigan. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2016, 10:31 AM EDT (14:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Iosco County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
808 WHUS43 KAPX 161431 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1031 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 MIZ024-030-036-162000- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0009.160816T1431Z-160816T2000Z/ ALPENA-ALCONA-IOSCO- 1031 AM EDT TUE AUG 16 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...HIGH WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...LAKE HURON BEACHES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN FROM THUNDER BAY TO ALABASTER. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 10:25 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 6 hr | |
| Aug 16, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Chippewa | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Chippewa | 117 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.