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Beach Hazards Statement 26, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

September 17, 2021Mason County, Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 17, 2021, 6:47 AM EDT for Mason County, Michigan. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 17, 2021, 6:47 AM EDT (10:47 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

County Mason County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2021-09-17Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2021-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

550 
WHUS43 KGRR 171047
CFWGRR

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
647 AM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021

MIZ037-171900-
/O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0026.210917T1047Z-210917T2100Z/
Mason-
647 AM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous 
  swimming conditions expected. Piers may be heavily swamped by 
  waves.

* WHERE...Mason county.

* WHEN...Until 5 PM EDT this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water 
  and high waves can sweep people off piers.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...South winds of 15 to 25 knots will cause
  the south sides of south piers to be especially dangerous places
  to swim today.  


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.

&&

$$


wdm
3 follow-up statements
705 
WHUS43 KGRR 171900
CFWGRR

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
300 PM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021

MIZ037-172100-
/O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-210917T2100Z/
Mason-
300 PM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous 
  swimming conditions expected. Piers may be heavily swamped by 
  waves.

* WHERE...Mason county.

* WHEN...Until 5 PM EDT this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water
  and high waves can sweep people off piers.

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.

&&

$$
952 
WHUS43 KGRR 172008
CFWGRR

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
408 PM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021

MIZ037-180000-
/O.EXT.KGRR.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-210918T0000Z/
Mason-
408 PM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021

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

* WHAT...High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous 
  swimming conditions expected. Piers may be heavily swamped by 
  waves.

* WHERE...Mason county.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water 
  and high waves can sweep people off piers.

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.

&&

$$
364 
WHUS43 KGRR 172355
CFWGRR

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
755 PM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021

MIZ037-180100-
/O.EXP.KGRR.BH.S.0026.000000T0000Z-210918T0000Z/
Mason-
755 PM EDT Fri Sep 17 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

The waves will continue to slowly diminish through evening.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 6:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRR13 hr

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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.