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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 24, 2017, 4:00 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2017, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
499 WHUS43 KAPX 240800 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 400 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2017 MIZ018-024-030-036-042-242100- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0005.170724T0800Z-170724T2100Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA-ALCONA-IOSCO-ARENAC- 400 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...LAKE HURON BEACHES OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY THROUGH ARENAC 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
308 WHUS43 KAPX 241411 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1011 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2017 MIZ018-024-030-036-042-242100- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170724T2100Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA-ALCONA-IOSCO-ARENAC- 1011 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...LAKE HURON BEACHES OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY THROUGH ARENAC COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
479 WHUS43 KAPX 241946 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 346 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2017 MIZ018-024-030-036-042-250000- /O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170725T0000Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-ALPENA-ALCONA-IOSCO-ARENAC- 346 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * LOCATION...LAKE HURON BEACHES OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN FROM PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY THROUGH ARENAC 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. && $$
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.