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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 4, 2018Cheboygan County, Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 4, 2018, 4:44 AM EDT for Cheboygan County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 4, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2018, 4:44 AM EDT (08:44 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 4, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 4, 2018, 9:42 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Cheboygan County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2018-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 2018-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

777 
WHUS43 KAPX 040844
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
444 AM EDT Mon Jun 4 2018

MIZ015-017-018-041645-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0002.180604T1200Z-180605T0200Z/
Mackinac-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-
444 AM EDT Mon Jun 4 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...Strong currents and high waves.

* TIMING...Today into this evening.

* LOCATION...The northern Lake Michigan beaches along the Mackinac
  county shore, as well as the northern Lake Huron Beaches in 
  Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties.

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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
729 
WHUS43 KAPX 041508
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1108 AM EDT Mon Jun 4 2018


MIZ015-017-018-042200-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-180605T0200Z/
Mackinac-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-
1108 AM EDT Mon Jun 4 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...Strong currents and high waves.

* TIMING...Today into this evening.

* LOCATION...The northern Lake Michigan beaches along the 
  Mackinac county shore, as well as the northern Lake Huron 
  Beaches in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties. 

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.

&&

$$
965 
WHUS43 KAPX 041949
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
349 PM EDT Mon Jun 4 2018


MIZ015-017-018-050200-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-180605T0200Z/
Mackinac-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-
349 PM EDT Mon Jun 4 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...Strong currents and high waves.

* TIMING...Today into this evening.

* LOCATION...The northern Lake Michigan beaches along the 
  Mackinac county shore, as well as the northern Lake Huron 
  Beaches in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties. 

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.

&&

$$
578 
WHUS43 KAPX 050142
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
942 PM EDT Mon Jun 4 2018


MIZ015-017-018-050245-
/O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-180605T0200Z/
Mackinac-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-
942 PM EDT Mon Jun 4 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

Winds and waves have diminished, and the potential for dangerous
currents has decreased significantly.

$$

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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.