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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 11, 2017, 10:54 PM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2017, 10:54 PM EDT (02:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2017, 4:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 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 02:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 380 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
112 WHUS43 KAPX 120254 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1054 PM EDT FRI AUG 11 2017 MIZ020-025-031-122200- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0008.170812T0254Z-170812T2200Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 1054 PM EDT FRI AUG 11 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
518 WHUS43 KAPX 120830 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 430 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 MIZ020-025-031-121600- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170812T2200Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 430 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SWIM RISK MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
026 WHUS43 KAPX 121447 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1047 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 MIZ020-025-031-122200- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170812T2200Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 1047 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...LAKE MICHIGAN BEACHES OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. 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. && $$
168 WHUS43 KAPX 122003 CFWAPX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 403 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 MIZ020-025-031-122115- /O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170812T2200Z/ LEELANAU-BENZIE-MANISTEE- 403 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$
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.