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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 5, 2018Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

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 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2018-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 795 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2018-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 12:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX53 min
Aug 5, 2:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAntrim, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and 3 more84 min
Aug 5, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXChippewa, Mackinac112 min
Aug 5, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXChippewa119 min
Aug 5, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXAlpena, Antrim, Cheboygan, Emmet, Montmorency, Otsego and 1 more119 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.