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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 22, 2019Chippewa County, Mackinac County, Michigan

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2019-05-22Temperature 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2019-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 1:23 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX25 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2019Every beach hazards statement in 2019

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.