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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 5, 2018, 8:23 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2018, 8:23 AM EDT (12:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2018, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Benzie County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
356 WHUS43 KAPX 051223 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 823 AM EDT Sun Aug 5 2018 MIZ015-020-025-031-060000- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0006.180805T1223Z-180806T0000Z/ Mackinac-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee- 823 AM EDT Sun Aug 5 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. * HAZARDS...Strong currents and high waves. * TIMING...Through 7 pm. * LOCATION...Lake Michigan beaches west of Interstate 75 in eastern upper Michigan, and from Sleeping Bear Point to Manistee in northern 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
034 WHUS43 KAPX 051529 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1129 AM EDT Sun Aug 5 2018 MIZ015-020-025-031-060000- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-180806T0000Z/ Mackinac-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee- 1129 AM EDT Sun Aug 5 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...Strong currents and high waves. * TIMING...Through 7 pm. * LOCATION...Lake Michigan beaches west of Interstate 75 in eastern upper Michigan, and from Sleeping Bear Point to Manistee in northern lower Michigan. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A high swim risk means life threatening waves and currents are expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. && $$
495 WHUS43 KAPX 051955 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 355 PM EDT Sun Aug 5 2018 MIZ015-020-025-031-060300- /O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-180806T0300Z/ Mackinac-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee- 355 PM EDT Sun Aug 5 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...Strong currents and high waves. * TIMING...Through 7 pm. * LOCATION...Lake Michigan beaches west of Interstate 75 in eastern upper Michigan, and from Sleeping Bear Point to Manistee in northern 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 12:52 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 53 min | |
| Aug 5, 2:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Antrim, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and 3 more | 84 min |
| Aug 5, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Chippewa, Mackinac | 112 min |
| Aug 5, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Chippewa | 119 min |
| Aug 5, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | APX | Alpena, Antrim, Cheboygan, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego and 1 more | 119 min |
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.