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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 20, 2020Presque Isle County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 20, 2020, 3:52 AM EDT for Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2020, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2020, 3:43 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

County Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2020-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2020-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1225 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

081 
WHUS43 KAPX 200752
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
352 AM EDT Mon Jul 20 2020

MIZ018-201600-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0006.200720T0752Z-200720T2100Z/
Presque Isle-
352 AM EDT Mon Jul 20 2020

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

* WHAT...High wave action, strong currents, dangerous swimming
  conditions expected.

* WHERE...Presque Isle County.

* WHEN...Through this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
477 
WHUS43 KAPX 201943
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
343 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2020

MIZ018-202045-
/O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200720T2100Z/
Presque Isle-
343 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...


$$

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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.