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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 29, 20185 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 29, 2018, 4:07 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Aug 29, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2018, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 29, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 30, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2018-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2018-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-150 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

408 
WHUS43 KAPX 290807
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
407 AM EDT Wed Aug 29 2018

MIZ017-018-020-025-031-291615-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0010.180829T1200Z-180830T0400Z/
Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-
407 AM EDT Wed Aug 29 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, which is in effect from 8 AM EDT this morning
through this evening. 

* HAZARDS...Winds and waves.

* TIMING...Today and this evening.

* LOCATION...The Lake Michigan beaches of northwest lower Michigan
  from Manistee to Grand Traverse Light. Also, the Lake Huron
  beaches of northeast lower from the Straits to 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
084 
WHUS43 KAPX 291442
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1042 AM EDT Wed Aug 29 2018

MIZ017-018-020-025-031-300400-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-180830T0400Z/
Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-
1042 AM EDT Wed Aug 29 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...Winds and waves.

* TIMING...Today and this evening.

* LOCATION...The Lake Michigan beaches of northwest lower 
  Michigan from Manistee to Grand Traverse Light. Also, the Lake 
  Huron beaches of northeast lower from the Straits to 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.

&&

$$
829 
WHUS43 KAPX 291943
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
343 PM EDT Wed Aug 29 2018

MIZ017-018-020-025-031-300400-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-180830T0400Z/
Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-
343 PM EDT Wed Aug 29 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

* HAZARDS...Winds and waves.

* TIMING...Through this evening.

* LOCATION...The Lake Michigan beaches of northwest lower 
  Michigan from Manistee to Grand Traverse Light. Also, the Lake 
  Huron beaches of northeast lower from the Straits to 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXCharlevoix, Cheboygan, Montmorency, Otsego36 min
Aug 28, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAPXAlcona, Arenac, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw and 2 more46 min
Aug 28, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX96 min
Aug 28, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAlcona, Alpena, Montmorency, Oscoda33 min
Aug 28, 9:02 PM EDTTornado WarningAPXAlpena, Montmorency8 min

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.