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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 24, 20196 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 24, 2019, 8:58 PM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Sep 25, 2019, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2019, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 25, 2019, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 25, 2019, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Benzie County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Mackinac County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2019-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 195 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 00:00Z on 2019-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

902 
WHUS43 KAPX 250058
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
858 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2019


MIZ016-020-025-031-095-099-251600-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0012.190925T0400Z-190925T2200Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Western Mackinac-Charlevoix-
858 PM EDT Tue Sep 24 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in Gaylord has issued a BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, which is in effect from midnight EDT tonight
through Wednesday afternoon. 

* HAZARDS...Dangerous surf conditions are likely along the Lake
  Michigan beaches of eastern Upper and northwest Lower Michigan.

* TIMING...Overnight through the day Wednesday.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...Gusty winds and high waves will produce
  dangerous beach conditions and rip currents through Wednesday 
  afternoon. 

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
716 
WHUS43 KAPX 250825
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
425 AM EDT Wed Sep 25 2019

MIZ016-020-025-031-095-099-251630-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-190925T2200Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Western Mackinac-Charlevoix-
425 AM EDT Wed Sep 25 2019

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

* HAZARDS...Dangerous surf conditions are likely along the Lake 
  Michigan beaches of eastern Upper and northwest Lower 
  Michigan. 

* TIMING...Through the day.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...Gusty winds and high waves will produce
  dangerous beach conditions and rip currents through this 
  afternoon.
  

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.

&&

$$
785 
WHUS43 KAPX 251455
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1055 AM EDT Wed Sep 25 2019

MIZ016-020-025-031-095-099-252200-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-190925T2200Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Western Mackinac-Charlevoix-
1055 AM EDT Wed Sep 25 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...Dangerous surf conditions are likely along the Lake 
  Michigan beaches of eastern Upper and northwest Lower 
  Michigan. 

* TIMING...Through the day.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...Gusty winds and high waves will produce 
  dangerous beach conditions and rip currents through this 
  afternoon. 

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.

&&

$$
668 
WHUS43 KAPX 251947
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
347 PM EDT Wed Sep 25 2019

MIZ016-020-025-031-095-099-252200-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-190925T2200Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Western Mackinac-Charlevoix-
347 PM EDT Wed Sep 25 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...Dangerous surf conditions are likely along the Lake 
  Michigan beaches of eastern Upper and northwest Lower 
  Michigan. 

* TIMING...Through the day.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...Gusty winds and high waves will produce 
  dangerous beach conditions and rip currents through this 
  afternoon. 

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
Sep 25, 12:56 AM EDTGale WarningAPX10 hr
Sep 25, 12:56 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX55 hr
Sep 25, 1:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX29 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.