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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 9, 20245 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 9, 2024, 2:32 PM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Aug 10, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2024, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 10, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 10, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

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

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2024-08-09Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2024-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

099 
WHUS43 KAPX 091832
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
232 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2024

MIZ016-020-025-031-098-099-100245-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0004.240810T1000Z-240811T0300Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-
Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix-
232 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high 
  wave action and strong rip currents.

* WHERE...Emmet, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee and Charlevoix 
  Counties, and Beaver Island and surrounding islands.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
638 
WHUS43 KAPX 100237
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1037 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2024

MIZ016-020-025-031-098-099-101045-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.240810T1000Z-240811T0300Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-
Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix-
1037 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT
SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high 
  wave action and strong rip currents.

* WHERE...Emmet, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee and Charlevoix 
  Counties, and Beaver Island and surrounding islands.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
816 
WHUS43 KAPX 100738
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
338 AM EDT Sat Aug 10 2024

MIZ016-020-025-031-098-099-110000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.240810T1000Z-240811T0300Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-
Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix-
338 AM EDT Sat Aug 10 2024

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

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high 
  wave action and strong rip currents.

* WHERE...Emmet, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee and Charlevoix 
  Counties, and Beaver Island and surrounding islands.

* 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.

&&

$$
657 
WHUS43 KAPX 101442
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1042 AM EDT Sat Aug 10 2024

MIZ016-020-025-031-098-099-102245-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-240811T0300Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-
Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix-
1042 AM EDT Sat Aug 10 2024

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

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high
  wave action and strong rip currents.

* WHERE...Emmet, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee and Charlevoix 
  Counties, and Beaver Island and surrounding islands.

* 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.

&&

$$
746 
WHUS43 KAPX 101830
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
230 PM EDT Sat Aug 10 2024

MIZ016-020-025-031-098-099-110230-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-240811T0300Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-
Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix-
230 PM EDT Sat Aug 10 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high 
  wave action and strong rip currents.

* WHERE...Emmet, Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee and Charlevoix 
  Counties, and Beaver Island and surrounding islands.

* WHEN...Until 11 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:25 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX51 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.