Alert archive / Michigan / Beach Hazards Statements in 2020
Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 6, 2020, 3:45 AM EDT for Allegan County, Ottawa County, Van Buren County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 6, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2020, 3:45 AM EDT (07:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2020, 9:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 908 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted.
235 WHUS43 KGRR 060745 CFWGRR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 345 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2020 MIZ056-064-071-061545- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0002.200606T1800Z-200607T0300Z/ Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- 345 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High wave action, upwards of 4 feet, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. Piers may be heavily swamped by waves. * WHERE...Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS..Beaches with particularly dangerous conditions this afternoon and evening include North Beach in South Haven and Holland State Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions and do not venture out on piers. Please check with your local authorities on potential beach closures. && $$
3 follow-up statements
860 WHUS43 KGRR 061620 CFWGRR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 1220 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2020 MIZ056-064-071-070030- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0002.200606T1800Z-200607T0300Z/ Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- 1220 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High wave action, upwards of 4 feet, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. Piers may be heavily swamped by waves. * WHERE...Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS..Beaches with particularly dangerous conditions this afternoon and evening include North Beach in South Haven and Holland State Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions and do not venture out on piers. Please check with your local authorities on potential beach closures. && $$
090 WHUS43 KGRR 061931 CFWGRR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 331 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2020 MIZ056-064-071-070300- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-200607T0300Z/ Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- 331 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High wave action, upwards of 4 feet, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. Piers may be heavily swamped by waves. * WHERE...Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS..Beaches with particularly dangerous conditions this afternoon and evening include North Beach in South Haven and Holland State Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions and do not venture out on piers. Please check with your local authorities on potential beach closures. && $$
756 WHUS43 KGRR 070113 CFWGRR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 913 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2020 MIZ056-064-071-070215- /O.CAN.KGRR.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-200607T0300Z/ Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- 913 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Winds and waves have diminished to safe height. $$ wdm
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:42 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 18 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.