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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 3, 20236 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 3, 2023, 1:24 AM EDT for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Sep 3, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2023, 1:24 AM EDT (05:24 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 3, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 3, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Benzie County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Mackinac County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2023-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2023-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 333 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-429 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

509 
WHUS43 KAPX 030524
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
124 AM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023

MIZ016-020-025-031-095-096-098-031800-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0009.230903T1200Z-230904T0000Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Western Mackinac-Eastern Mackinac-
Beaver Island and surrounding islands-
124 AM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...High waves of 3 to 5 feet and strong currents leading 
  to dangerous swim conditions expected.

* WHERE...Emmet, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Western Mackinac 
  and Eastern Mackinac Counties, and Beaver Island and 
  surrounding islands.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
352 
WHUS43 KAPX 030706
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
306 AM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023

MIZ016-020-025-031-095-096-098-040000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0009.230903T1200Z-230904T0000Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Western Mackinac-Eastern Mackinac-
Beaver Island and surrounding islands-
306 AM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...High waves of 3 to 5 feet and strong currents leading to
  dangerous swimming conditions.

* WHERE...Emmet, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Western Mackinac 
  and Eastern Mackinac Counties, and Beaver Island and 
  surrounding islands.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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.

&&

$$
928 
WHUS43 KAPX 031614
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1214 PM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023

MIZ016-020-025-031-095-096-098-040000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230904T0000Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Western Mackinac-Eastern Mackinac-
Beaver Island and surrounding islands-
1214 PM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023

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

* WHAT...High waves of 3 to 5 feet and strong currents leading 
  to dangerous swimming conditions.

* WHERE...Emmet, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Western Mackinac 
  and Eastern Mackinac Counties, and Beaver Island and 
  surrounding islands.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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.

&&

$$
379 
WHUS43 KAPX 031847
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
247 PM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023

MIZ016-020-025-031-095-096-098-040000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230904T0000Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Western Mackinac-Eastern Mackinac-
Beaver Island and surrounding islands-
247 PM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023

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

* WHAT...High waves of 3 to 5 feet and strong currents leading 
  to dangerous swimming conditions.

* WHERE...Emmet, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Western Mackinac 
  and Eastern Mackinac Counties, and Beaver Island and 
  surrounding islands.

* WHEN...continuing through 8 pm 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 10:56 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX27 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.