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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 24, 2018Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 24, 2018, 3:43 AM EDT for Benzie County, Leelanau County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 24, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2018, 3:43 AM EDT (07:43 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 24, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 24, 2018, 10:47 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 07:42 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 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 00:00Z on 2018-08-24Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2018-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

358 
WHUS43 KAPX 240743
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
343 AM EDT Fri Aug 24 2018


MIZ020-025-031-241545-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0008.180824T1200Z-180825T0400Z/
Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-
343 AM EDT Fri Aug 24 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...Through this evening.

* LOCATION...Lake Michigan beaches from Manistee to Grand 
  Traverse Light. 

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
417 
WHUS43 KAPX 241414
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1014 AM EDT Fri Aug 24 2018


MIZ020-025-031-242215-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180825T0400Z/
Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-
1014 AM EDT Fri Aug 24 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...Strong currents and high waves.

* TIMING...Through this evening.

* LOCATION...Lake Michigan beaches from Manistee to Grand 
  Traverse Light. 

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.

&&

$$
671 
WHUS43 KAPX 242006
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
406 PM EDT Fri Aug 24 2018

MIZ020-025-031-250400-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180825T0400Z/
Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-
406 PM EDT Fri Aug 24 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

* HAZARDS...Strong currents and high waves.

* TIMING...Through this evening.

* LOCATION...Lake Michigan beaches from Manistee to Grand 
  Traverse Light. 

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.

&&

$$
515 
WHUS43 KAPX 250247
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1047 PM EDT Fri Aug 24 2018

MIZ020-025-031-250400-
/O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180825T0400Z/
Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-
1047 PM EDT Fri Aug 24 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

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Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2018Every beach hazards statement in 2018

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.