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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 16, 2018, 4:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jul 17, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2018, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 17, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2018, 3:01 AM EDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
339 WHUS43 KGRR 162003 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE National Weather Service GRAND RAPIDS MI 403 PM EDT Mon Jul 16 2018 MIZ056-064-071-170415- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0008.180717T0600Z-180718T0600Z/ Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- 403 PM EDT Mon Jul 16 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a Beach Hazards Statement...which is in effect from 2 AM EDT Tuesday through late Tuesday night. * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO GRAND HAVEN. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE... North Beach in South Haven... Holland State Park... * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WAVES WILL BUILD INTO THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE LATE TONIGHT. THE WAVES MAY BRIEFLY SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 4 FEET TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE BUILDING AGAIN TO 3 TO 6 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED SWEEPING DOWN THE BEACH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH PIERS. RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High Wave Action makes swimming difficult and can tire even a strong swimmer quickly. Structural currents form along piers where longshore currents and wave action flow into the structure. Structural Currents can sweep you out into deeper water along the pier structure. A longshore current is a lake current that moves parallel to shore. Longshore currents can be strong enough to Prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom... making it difficult to return to shore. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars. Rip currents can sweep you into deeper water. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
6 follow-up statements
922 WHUS43 KGRR 170200 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE National Weather Service GRAND RAPIDS MI 1000 PM EDT Mon Jul 16 2018 MIZ056-064-071-171000- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0008.180717T0600Z-180718T0600Z/ Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- 1000 PM EDT Mon Jul 16 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO GRAND HAVEN. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN AND HOLLAND STATE PARK. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WAVES WILL BUILD INTO THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE LATE TONIGHT. THE WAVES MAY BRIEFLY SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 4 FEET TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE BUILDING AGAIN TO 3 TO 6 FEET TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED SWEEPING DOWN THE BEACH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH PIERS. RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High Wave Action makes swimming difficult and can tire even a strong swimmer quickly. Structural currents form along piers where longshore currents and wave action flow into the structure. Structural Currents can sweep you out into deeper water along the pier structure. A longshore current is a lake current that moves parallel to shore. Longshore currents can be strong enough to Prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom... making it difficult to return to shore. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars. Rip currents can sweep you into deeper water. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
562 WHUS43 KGRR 170708 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE National Weather Service GRAND RAPIDS MI 308 AM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 MIZ056-064-071-171515- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180718T0600Z/ Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- 308 AM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO GRAND HAVEN. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN AND HOLLAND STATE PARK. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WAVES WILL BUILD INTO THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE WAVES MAY BRIEFLY SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 4 FEET LATER THIS MORNING BEFORE BUILDING AGAIN TO 3 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED SWEEPING DOWN THE BEACH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH PIERS. RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High Wave Action makes swimming difficult and can tire even a strong swimmer quickly. Structural currents form along piers where longshore currents and wave action flow into the structure. Structural Currents can sweep you out into deeper water along the pier structure. A longshore current is a lake current that moves parallel to shore. Longshore currents can be strong enough to Prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom... making it difficult to return to shore. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars. Rip currents can sweep you into deeper water. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
633 WHUS43 KGRR 171358 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE National Weather Service GRAND RAPIDS MI 958 AM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 MIZ056-064-071-172200- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180718T0600Z/ Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- 958 AM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO GRAND HAVEN. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN AND HOLLAND STATE PARK. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON 15 TO 25 KNOTS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WAVES WILL BUILD INTO THE 3 TO 6 FOOT RANGE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WAVES WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED SWEEPING DOWN THE BEACH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH PIERS. RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High Wave Action makes swimming difficult and can tire even a strong swimmer quickly. Structural currents form along piers where longshore currents and wave action flow into the structure. Structural Currents can sweep you out into deeper water along the pier structure. A longshore current is a lake current that moves parallel to shore. Longshore currents can be strong enough to Prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom... making it difficult to return to shore. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars. Rip currents can sweep you into deeper water. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
286 WHUS43 KGRR 171946 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE National Weather Service GRAND RAPIDS MI 346 PM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 MIZ050-180400- /O.EXA.KGRR.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180718T0600Z/ Muskegon- 346 PM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a Beach Hazards Statement...which is in effect until 2 AM EDT Wednesday. * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO GRAND HAVEN. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN AND HOLLAND STATE PARK. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS of 20 to 25 knots will continue into this evening. WAVES of 3 TO 6 Feet will also continue into this evening. STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED SWEEPING DOWN THE BEACH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH PIERS. RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High Wave Action makes swimming difficult and can tire even a strong swimmer quickly. Structural currents form along piers where longshore currents and wave action flow into the structure. Structural Currents can sweep you out into deeper water along the pier structure. A longshore current is a lake current that moves parallel to shore. Longshore currents can be strong enough to Prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom... making it difficult to return to shore. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars. Rip currents can sweep you into deeper water. && $$ MIZ056-064-071-180400- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180718T0600Z/ Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- 346 PM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO GRAND HAVEN. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN AND HOLLAND STATE PARK. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS of 20 to 25 knots will continue into this evening. WAVES of 3 TO 6 Feet will also continue into this evening. STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED SWEEPING DOWN THE BEACH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH PIERS. RIP CURRENTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High Wave Action makes swimming difficult and can tire even a strong swimmer quickly. Structural currents form along piers where longshore currents and wave action flow into the structure. Structural Currents can sweep you out into deeper water along the pier structure. A longshore current is a lake current that moves parallel to shore. Longshore currents can be strong enough to Prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom... making it difficult to return to shore. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars. Rip currents can sweep you into deeper water. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
819 WHUS43 KGRR 180158 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE National Weather Service GRAND RAPIDS MI 958 PM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 MIZ050-056-180300- /O.CAN.KGRR.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180718T0600Z/ Muskegon-Ottawa- 958 PM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. $$ MIZ064-071-181000- /O.EXT.KGRR.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180718T1000Z/ Allegan-Van Buren- 958 PM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * HIGH WAVE ACTION... STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * STRONG STRUCTURAL CURRENTS EXPECTED. * STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS EXPECTED. * RIP CURRENTS POSSIBLE. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM ST. JOSEPH TO GRAND HAVEN. * BEACHES WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS INCLUDE NORTH BEACH IN SOUTH HAVEN AND HOLLAND STATE PARK. * OVERVIEW/POTENTIAL IMPACTS...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS OVERNIGHT AND WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... High Wave Action makes swimming difficult and can tire even a strong swimmer quickly. Structural currents form along piers where longshore currents and wave action flow into the structure. Structural Currents can sweep you out into deeper water along the pier structure. A longshore current is a lake current that moves parallel to shore. Longshore currents can be strong enough to Prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom... making it difficult to return to shore. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in sandbars. Rip currents can sweep you into deeper water. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
396 WHUS43 KGRR 180701 CFWGRR LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE National Weather Service GRAND RAPIDS MI 301 AM EDT Wed Jul 18 2018 MIZ064-071-180815- /O.CAN.KGRR.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180718T1000Z/ Allegan-Van Buren- 301 AM EDT Wed Jul 18 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. The waves have fallen to under criteria. As a result...the Beach Hazards Statement has been cancelled. $$ WEATHER.GOV/GRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GRR | Kalamazoo, Van Buren | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Jackson | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Isabella, Mecosta | 54 min |
| Jul 16, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Isabella, Montcalm | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Calhoun | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 3:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 35 hr |
Nearby
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.