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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 29, 2017, 11:02 AM EDT for Benzie County, Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2017, 11:02 AM EDT (15:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2017, 4:22 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Benzie County, MI, Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 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 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
673 WHUS43 KAPX 291502 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1102 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 MIZ025-031-292100- /O.EXP.KAPX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170629T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0004.170629T1502Z-170629T2100Z/ BENZIE-MANISTEE- 1102 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. * TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM MANISTEE COUNTY THROUGH LEELANAU COUNTY. 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. && $$ MIZ020-291615- /O.EXP.KAPX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170629T1500Z/ LEELANAU- 1102 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... $$
2 follow-up statements
653 WHUS43 KAPX 291720 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 120 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 MIZ025-031-292100- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170629T2100Z/ BENZIE-MANISTEE- 120 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. * TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM MANISTEE COUNTY THROUGH LEELANAU COUNTY. 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. && $$
798 WHUS43 KAPX 292022 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 422 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 MIZ025-031-292130- /O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170629T2100Z/ BENZIE-MANISTEE- 422 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:18 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 5 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.