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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 25, 2020, 3:17 PM EDT for Charlevoix County, Mackinac County, Michigan. It took effect at Sep 25, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2020, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 25, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2020, 4:52 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Charlevoix County, MI, Mackinac County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
223 WHUS43 KAPX 251917 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 317 PM EDT Fri Sep 25 2020 MIZ095-098-260800- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0016.200925T2100Z-200926T1500Z/ Western Mackinac-Beaver Island and surrounding islands- 317 PM EDT Fri Sep 25 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...High wave action, strong currents, dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Western Mackinac and Beaver Island and surrounding islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...High waves and strong currents will lead to dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. Please check with your local authorities on potential beach closures. && $$
2 follow-up statements
148 WHUS43 KAPX 260117 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 917 PM EDT Fri Sep 25 2020 MIZ095-098-260930- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200926T1500Z/ Western Mackinac-Beaver Island and surrounding islands- 917 PM EDT Fri Sep 25 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...High wave action, strong currents, dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Western Mackinac and Beaver Island and surrounding islands Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...High waves and strong currents will lead to dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. Please check with your local authorities on potential beach closures. && $$
052 WHUS43 KAPX 260852 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 452 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2020 MIZ095-098-261000- /O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200926T1500Z/ Western Mackinac-Beaver Island and surrounding islands- 452 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Gustier southerly winds will continue through this morning producing some breaking waves and currents. Winds and waves weaken for the afternoon. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 7:13 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 44 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2020Every beach hazards statement in 2020
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.