Alert archive / Michigan / Beach Hazards Statements in 2018
Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at May 31, 2018, 10:36 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2018, 10:36 AM EDT (14:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2018, 3:36 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Iosco County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 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
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
604 WHUS43 KAPX 311436 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1036 AM EDT Thu May 31 2018 MIZ024-030-036-042-312000- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0001.180531T1436Z-180531T2000Z/ Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac- 1036 AM EDT Thu May 31 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT, which is in effect until 4 PM EDT this afternoon. * HAZARDS...STRONG CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. * TIMING...THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...LAKE HURON BEACHES OF NORTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... SOUTH OF PRESQUE ISLE LIGHT. 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. && $$ JZ
1 follow-up statement
947 WHUS43 KAPX 311936 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 336 PM EDT Thu May 31 2018 MIZ024-030-036-042-312045- /O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-180531T2000Z/ Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac- 336 PM EDT Thu May 31 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Gaylord has cancelled the BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. Though winds remain somewhat gusty, the offshore winds will limit the potential for extensive wave action and dangerous currents along northeast lower Michigan beaches. && $$ JZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:09 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 17 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2018Every beach hazards statement in 2018
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.