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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at May 28, 2016, 10:42 AM EDT for Mason County, Muskegon County, Oceana County, Michigan. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2016, 10:42 AM EDT (14:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
174 WHUS43 KGRR 281442 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1042 AM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016 MIZ037-043-050-282245- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0001.160528T1442Z-160529T0200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 1042 AM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES NORTH OF GRAND HAVEN. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS... STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY WILL BUILD WAVES INTO THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE NORTH OF GRAND HAVEN BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 4 FEET LATE TONIGHT. WAVES AROUND 4 FEET OR HIGHER POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ EBW WEATHER.GOV/GRR
1 follow-up statement
155 WHUS43 KGRR 281948 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 348 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016 MIZ037-043-050-290200- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160529T0200Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 348 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES NORTH OF GRAND HAVEN. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS... STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY WITH WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET. WAVES WILL SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 4 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ EBW WEATHER.GOV/GRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Newaygo | 61 min |
| May 28, 10:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 12 hr |
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.