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Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 26, 20185 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 26, 2018, 5:11 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2018, 5:11 AM EDT (09:11 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2018, 3:32 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Antrim County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2018-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2018-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

726 
WHUS43 KAPX 260911
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
511 AM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018

MIZ016-019>021-025-031-261715-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0017.180926T0911Z-180927T0000Z/
Emmet-Charlevoix-Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Manistee-
511 AM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018

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

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

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS 
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...Waves and dangerous currents.

* TIMING...Today through early this evening.

* LOCATION...Lake Michigan beaches of northwest 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
756 
WHUS43 KAPX 261437
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1037 AM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018


MIZ016-019>021-025-031-262245-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-180927T0000Z/
Emmet-Charlevoix-Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Manistee-
1037 AM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...Waves and dangerous currents.

* TIMING...Today through early this evening.

* LOCATION...Lake Michigan beaches of northwest 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.

&&

$$
708 
WHUS43 KAPX 261932
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
332 PM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018


MIZ016-019>021-025-031-262045-
/O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-180927T0000Z/
Emmet-Charlevoix-Leelanau-Antrim-Benzie-Manistee-
332 PM EDT Wed Sep 26 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 25, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXOscoda32 min
Sep 26, 3:33 PM EDTGale WarningAPX30 hr
Sep 26, 3:33 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX3 days

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.