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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:56 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 14 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.