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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Gaylord, MI

May 28, 20215 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at May 28, 2021, 8:03 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 28, 2021, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2021, 8:03 AM EDT (12:03 UTC)
In effect from
May 28, 2021, 9:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 28, 2021, 10:12 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:03 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-28Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -175 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
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

290 
WHUS43 KAPX 281203
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
803 AM EDT Fri May 28 2021

MIZ018-024-030-036-042-282015-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0001.210528T1300Z-210529T0000Z/
Presque Isle-Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
803 AM EDT Fri May 28 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Presque Isle, Alpena, Alcona, Iosco and Arenac 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions along the Lake Huron
  shoreline.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.
Please check with your local authorities on potential beach
closures.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
807 
WHUS43 KAPX 281408
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1008 AM EDT Fri May 28 2021

MIZ030-036-042-290500-
/O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-210529T0500Z/
Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
1008 AM EDT Fri May 28 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

* WHERE...Presque Isle, Alpena, Alcona, Iosco and Arenac 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions along the Lake Huron 
  shoreline.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.
Please check with your local authorities on potential beach
closures.

&&

$$

MIZ018-024-290000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-210529T0000Z/
Presque Isle-Alpena-
1008 AM EDT Fri May 28 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Presque Isle, Alpena, Alcona, Iosco and Arenac 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions along the Lake Huron 
  shoreline.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.
Please check with your local authorities on potential beach
closures.

&&

$$
015 
WHUS43 KAPX 290020
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
820 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

MIZ018-024-290130-
/O.EXP.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-210529T0000Z/
Presque Isle-Alpena-
820 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

$$

MIZ030-036-042-290500-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-210529T0500Z/
Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
820 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

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

* WHERE...Presque Isle, Alpena, Alcona, Iosco and Arenac 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming conditions along the Lake Huron 
  shoreline.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.
Please check with your local authorities on potential beach
closures.

&&

$$
117 
WHUS43 KAPX 290212
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1012 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

MIZ030-036-042-290315-
/O.CAN.KAPX.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-210529T0500Z/
Alcona-Iosco-Arenac-
1012 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 10:36 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryAPXAlcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 19 more21 hr

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.