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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at May 22, 2019, 3:47 AM EDT for Chippewa County, Mackinac County, Michigan. It took effect at May 22, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2019, 3:47 AM EDT (07:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 23, 2019, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Chippewa County, MI, Mackinac County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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 209 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
- 2190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
965 WHUS43 KAPX 220747 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 347 AM EDT Wed May 22 2019 MIZ088-096-221600- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0001.190522T1600Z-190523T0900Z/ Southeast Chippewa-Eastern Mackinac- 347 AM EDT Wed May 22 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT, which is in effect from noon EDT today through late tonight. * HAZARDS...High wave action and dangerous currents. * TIMING...This afternoon and tonight. * LOCATION...The beaches of Lake Huron in eastern upper 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
248 WHUS43 KAPX 221400 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1000 AM EDT Wed May 22 2019 MIZ088-096-222200- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0001.190522T1600Z-190523T0900Z/ Southeast Chippewa-Eastern Mackinac- 1000 AM EDT Wed May 22 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...High wave action and dangerous currents. * TIMING...This afternoon and tonight. * LOCATION...The beaches of Lake Huron in eastern upper Michigan. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A high swim risk means life threatening waves and currents are expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. && $$
930 WHUS43 KAPX 221948 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 348 PM EDT Wed May 22 2019 MIZ088-096-230900- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-190523T0900Z/ Southeast Chippewa-Eastern Mackinac- 348 PM EDT Wed May 22 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...High wave action and dangerous currents. * TIMING...Through tonight. * LOCATION...The beaches of Lake Huron in eastern upper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:23 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 25 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.