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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 10, 2017Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 10, 2017, 10:06 PM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2017, 10:06 PM EDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2017, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Benzie County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2017-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2017-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-528 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

554 
WHUS43 KAPX 110206
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1006 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 2017

MIZ015-020-025-031-111000-
/O.EXP.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170611T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0002.170611T0206Z-170611T1000Z/
MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
1006 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY. 

* HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES.

* TIMING...TONIGHT.

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN 
  FROM MANISTEE COUNTY THROUGH LEELANAU COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE 
  BEACHES IN MACKINAC COUNTY ALONG US-2. 

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
499 
WHUS43 KAPX 110754
CFWAPX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
354 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 2017

MIZ015-020-025-031-111500-
/O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170611T1500Z/
MACKINAC-LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE-
354 AM EDT SUN JUN 11 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING.

* LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN 
  FROM MANISTEE COUNTY THROUGH LEELANAU COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE 
  BEACHES IN MACKINAC COUNTY ALONG US-2. 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX119 min
Jun 11, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix, Chippewa, Mackinac50 min
Jun 11, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXLeelanau33 min
Jun 11, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Emmet, Mackinac55 min
Jun 11, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX2 hr
Jun 11, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Chippewa, Mackinac48 min
Jun 11, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCheboygan, Presque Isle45 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.