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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 20, 20184 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 20, 2018, 4:03 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Sep 20, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2018, 4:03 AM EDT (08:03 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 20, 2018, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 20, 2018, 3:48 PM EDT
In force
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 08:06 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2018-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2018-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
642 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

147 
WHUS43 KAPX 200803
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
403 AM EDT Thu Sep 20 2018


MIZ024-030-036-042-201615-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0013.180920T2100Z-180922T0400Z/
Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
403 AM EDT Thu Sep 20 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, which is in effect from this afternoon through
Friday evening. 

* HAZARDS...Winds, waves, and dangerous currents.

* TIMING...This afternoon through Friday evening.

* LOCATION...Lake Huron beaches of northeast 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
359 
WHUS43 KAPX 201431
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1031 AM EDT Thu Sep 20 2018


MIZ024-030-036-042-202245-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0013.180920T2100Z-180922T0400Z/
Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
1031 AM EDT Thu Sep 20 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* HAZARDS...Winds, waves, and dangerous currents.

* TIMING...This afternoon through Friday evening.

* LOCATION...Lake Huron beaches of northeast 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.

&&

$$
047 
WHUS43 KAPX 201948
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
348 PM EDT Thu Sep 20 2018


MIZ024-030-036-042-202100-
/O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0013.180920T2100Z-180922T0400Z/
Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
348 PM EDT Thu Sep 20 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has cancelled the BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT. 


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 4:03 AM EDTGale WarningAPX48 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.