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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 19, 2016, 2:51 PM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jun 20, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2016, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 20, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 5:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
724 WHUS43 KGRR 191851 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 251 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-200300- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0005.160620T0600Z-160621T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN- 251 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH HAVEN NORTH TO HOLLAND AND WHITEHALL TO LUDINGTON. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGONSTATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON... SOUTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD AND CURRENTS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST THROUGH LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
3 follow-up statements
639 WHUS43 KGRR 200317 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1117 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-201130- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0005.160620T0600Z-160621T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN- 1117 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO MANISTEE. BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS MONDAY INCLUDE... PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... SOUTH BEACH AT SOUTH HAVEN... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY MORNING. WAVES WILL BUILD INTO THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE...LIKELY PEAKING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS AND WAVES WILL SUBSIDE MONDAY EVENING AND MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
825 WHUS43 KGRR 200755 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 355 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-201600- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-160621T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN- 355 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 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 FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY INCLUDE THOSE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PIERS. THIS INCLUDES PERE MARQUETTE PARK IN MUSKEGON... GRAND HAVEN STATE PARK... AND SOUTH BEACH AT SOUTH HAVEN. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL CREATE WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS TODAY. WINDS AND WAVES AND THE THREAT OF DANGEROUS CURRENTS WILL SUBSIDE BY 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
884 WHUS43 KGRR 202152 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 552 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-202300- /O.CAN.KGRR.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-160621T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN- 552 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. WINDS AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ 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 19, 2:40 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 27 hr |
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.