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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 4, 2016, 10:36 PM EDT for Mason County, Muskegon County, Oceana County, Michigan. It took effect at Sep 5, 2016, 8:37 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2016, 10:36 PM EDT (02:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 5, 2016, 8:37 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2016, 3:31 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 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 02:37 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, 2.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1287 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
580 WHUS43 KGRR 050236 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1036 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2016 MIZ037-043-050-051045- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0019.160905T1500Z-160906T1600Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 1036 PM EDT SUN SEP 4 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM GRAND HAVEN TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT AND REACH 15 TO 25 MPH ON LABOR DAY. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL BUILD WAVES INTO THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE. DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE A HIGH SWIM RISK. SOUTH SIDES OF SOUTH PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM LIKE PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR DUKE
6 follow-up statements
165 WHUS43 KGRR 050723 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 323 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2016 MIZ037-043-050-051530- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0019.160905T1500Z-160906T1600Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 323 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM GRAND HAVEN TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT AND REACH 15 TO 25 MPH ON LABOR DAY. WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL BUILD WAVES INTO THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE. DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE A HIGH SWIM RISK. SOUTH SIDES OF SOUTH PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM LIKE PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
860 WHUS43 KGRR 051237 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 837 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2016 MIZ037-043-050-052045- /O.EXT.KGRR.BH.S.0019.160905T1237Z-160906T1600Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 837 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM GRAND HAVEN TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FOOT. DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE A HIGH SWIM RISK. SOUTH SIDES OF SOUTH PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM LIKE PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. 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. && $$ WDM WEATHER.GOV/GRR
000 WHUS43 KGRR 051511 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1111 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2016 MIZ037-043-050-052315- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-160906T1600Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 1111 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM GRAND HAVEN TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN WAVES BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FOOT. DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE A HIGH SWIM RISK. SOUTH SIDES OF SOUTH PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM LIKE PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. CONDITIONS COULD CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY ALSO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
916 WHUS43 KGRR 051957 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 357 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2016 MIZ037-043-050-060400- /O.EXT.KGRR.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-160906T0400Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 357 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM GRAND HAVEN TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FOOT. DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AND WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE A HIGH SWIM RISK. SOUTH SIDES OF SOUTH FACING PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM LIKE PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT BUT COULD REDEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
119 WHUS43 KGRR 060211 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1011 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2016 MIZ037-043-050-060900- /O.EXT.KGRR.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-160906T0900Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 1011 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM GRAND HAVEN TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS LATE. WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE OVERNIGHT BEFORE SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET LATE.. DANGEROUS WAVES AND CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A HIGH SWIM RISK INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOUTH SIDES OF SOUTH FACING PIERS WILL BE DANGEROUS PLACES TO SWIM LIKE PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT BUT COULD REDEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR DUKE
059 WHUS43 KGRR 060731 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 331 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2016 MIZ037-043-050-060845- /O.CAN.KGRR.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-160906T0900Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON- 331 AM EDT TUE SEP 6 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... WINDS AND WAVES HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016
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.