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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 26, 2017, 4:07 PM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Sep 27, 2017, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2017, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 27, 2017, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
100 WHUS43 KGRR 262007 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 407 PM EDT TUE SEP 26 2017 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-270415- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0019.170927T0900Z-170928T0400Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 407 PM EDT TUE SEP 26 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE . * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND CREATE 3 TO 6 FOOT WAVES. THESE WAVES WILL RESULT IN STRONG STRUCTURAL AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
6 follow-up statements
418 WHUS43 KGRR 270046 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 846 PM EDT TUE SEP 26 2017 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-270900- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0019.170927T0900Z-170928T0400Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 846 PM EDT TUE SEP 26 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE . * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND CREATE 3 TO 6 FOOT WAVES. THESE WAVES WILL RESULT IN STRONG STRUCTURAL AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
507 WHUS43 KGRR 270743 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 343 AM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-271545- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0019.170927T0900Z-170928T0400Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 343 AM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 ...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 ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE . * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS... A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. NOW THAT THE FRONT IS THROUGH WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS INTO THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN 3 TO 6 FOOT WAVES INTO THIS EVENING. THESE WAVES WILL RESULT IN STRONG STRUCTURAL AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
572 WHUS43 KGRR 271457 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1057 AM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-272300- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-170928T0400Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 1057 AM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE . * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS... A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. NOW THAT THE FRONT IS THROUGH WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS INTO THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN 3 TO 6 FOOT WAVES INTO THIS EVENING. THESE WAVES WILL RESULT IN STRONG STRUCTURAL AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
172 WHUS43 KGRR 271958 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 358 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-280400- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-170928T0400Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 358 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS... A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. NOW THAT THE FRONT IS THROUGH WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS INTO THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN 3 TO 5 FOOT WAVES INTO THIS EVENING. THESE WAVES WILL RESULT IN STRONG STRUCTURAL AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
760 WHUS43 KGRR 280042 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 842 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-280400- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-170928T0400Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 842 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN... HOLLAND STATE PARK... MUSKEGON STATE PARK... MEARS STATE PARK IN PENTWATER... STEARNS PARK IN LUDINGTON. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS... NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN 3 TO 5 FOOT WAVES INTO THIS EVENING. THESE WAVES WILL RESULT IN STRONG STRUCTURAL AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND POSSIBLE RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS FORM ALONG PIERS WHERE LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND WAVE ACTION FLOW INTO THE STRUCTURE. STRUCTURAL CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU OUT INTO DEEPER WATER ALONG THE PIER STRUCTURE. A LONGSHORE CURRENT IS A LAKE CURRENT THAT MOVES PARALLEL TO SHORE. LONGSHORE CURRENTS CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT SWIMMERS FROM BEING ABLE TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE BOTTOM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RETURN TO SHORE. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS. RIP CURRENTS CAN SWEEP YOU INTO DEEPER WATER. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
767 WHUS43 KGRR 280351 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 1151 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-280500- /O.EXP.KGRR.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-170928T0400Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 1151 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE WIND AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. THEREFORE THE HAZARD WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 3:29 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 33 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2017Every beach hazards statement in 2017
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.