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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 28, 2022Benzie County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 28, 2022, 4:20 AM EDT for Benzie County, Michigan. It took effect at Jun 28, 2022, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2022, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 28, 2022, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 28, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

County Benzie County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2022-06-28Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2022-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
2415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

381 
WHUS43 KAPX 280820
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
420 AM EDT Tue Jun 28 2022

MIZ025-281630-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0004.220628T0900Z-220629T0000Z/
Benzie-
420 AM EDT Tue Jun 28 2022

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

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

* WHERE...Benzie County.

* WHEN...Through 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.
Please check with your local authorities on potential beach
closures.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
901 
WHUS43 KAPX 281444
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1044 AM EDT Tue Jun 28 2022

MIZ025-282245-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220629T0000Z/
Benzie-
1044 AM EDT Tue Jun 28 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS 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. expected.

* WHERE...Benzie County.

* WHEN...Through 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.
Please check with your local authorities on potential beach
closures.

&&

$$
406 
WHUS43 KAPX 281950
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
350 PM EDT Tue Jun 28 2022

MIZ025-290000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-220629T0000Z/
Benzie-
350 PM EDT Tue Jun 28 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS 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. expected.

* WHERE...Benzie County.

* WHEN...Through 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.
Please check with your local authorities on potential beach
closures.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 3:42 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX16 hr
Jun 28, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXLuce26 min
Jun 28, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXChippewa66 min
Jun 28, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX50 min
Jun 28, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAPXLuce59 min
Jun 28, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX25 min

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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.