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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 21, 20184 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 21, 2018, 3:50 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jun 21, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2018, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 21, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 21, 2018, 8:13 PM EDT
In force
12 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 07:56 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, 7.8 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 2018-06-21Temperature 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2018-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1406 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 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.

336 
WHUS43 KAPX 210750
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
350 AM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018

MIZ024-030-036-042-211600-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0004.180621T1200Z-180622T0200Z/
Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
350 AM EDT Thu Jun 21 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 through this evening.

* LOCATION...Northern Lake Huron beaches in Alpena, Alcona, Iosco
  and Arenac 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
616 
WHUS43 KAPX 211449
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1049 AM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018

MIZ024-030-036-042-212300-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-180622T0200Z/
Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
1049 AM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018

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

* HAZARDS...Strong currents and high waves.

* TIMING...Today through this evening.

* LOCATION...Northern Lake Huron beaches in Alpena, Alcona, 
  Iosco and Arenac 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.

&&

$$
623 
WHUS43 KAPX 212030
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
430 PM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018

MIZ024-030-036-042-220200-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-180622T0200Z/
Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
430 PM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018

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

* HAZARDS...Strong currents and high waves.

* TIMING...Today through this evening.

* LOCATION...Northern Lake Huron beaches in Alpena, Alcona, 
  Iosco and Arenac 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.

&&

$$
561 
WHUS43 KAPX 220013
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
813 PM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018


MIZ024-030-036-042-220115-
/O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-180622T0200Z/
Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
813 PM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

Winds and waves are decreasing this evening, and will continue
to do so tonight. 

$$

JZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 2:56 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX14 hr

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.