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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 18, 2017, 8:52 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2017, 8:52 AM EDT (12:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2017, 5:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 12:51 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, 0.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
728 WHUS43 KGRR 181252 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 852 AM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-182100- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0004.170618T1252Z-170619T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 852 AM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED. STRONG STRUCTURAL AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO MANISTEE. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HIGH WAVE ACTION MAKES SWIMMING DIFFICULT AND CAN TIRE EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER QUICKLY. 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. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
1 follow-up statement
340 WHUS43 KGRR 182149 CFWGRR COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 549 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-182300- /O.CAN.KGRR.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170619T0000Z/ MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN- 549 PM EDT SUN JUN 18 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | GRR | 90 min | |
| Jun 18, 12:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Allegan | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Kent | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 12:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Ionia, Kent, Ottawa | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:40 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 8 hr |
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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.