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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 5, 2016, 3:58 PM EDT for Allegan County, Van Buren County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 6, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2016, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2016, 1:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2016, 3:49 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
320 WHUS43 KGRR 051958 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 358 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 MIZ064-071-060400- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0002.160606T0500Z-160606T1100Z/ ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 358 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO HOLLAND. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BUILDING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH DAYBREAK MONDAY. 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
1 follow-up statement
410 WHUS43 KGRR 060749 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 349 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016 MIZ064-071-060900- /O.CAN.KGRR.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-160606T1100Z/ ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 349 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. WAVES HAVE NOT DEVELOPED AS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ DUKE WEATHER.GOV/GRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 7:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ionia, Kent | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 4:08 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 12 hr |
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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.