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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 8, 2024Benzie County, Manistee County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 8, 2024, 1:35 PM EDT for Benzie County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Sep 8, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2024, 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 8, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 9, 2024, 1:00 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Benzie County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2024-09-08Temperature 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 2024-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

692 
WHUS43 KAPX 081735
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
135 PM EDT Sun Sep 8 2024

MIZ025-031-090145-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0009.240909T0300Z-240909T1700Z/
Benzie-Manistee-
135 PM EDT Sun Sep 8 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high
  waves up to 4 to 6 feet and rip currents.

* WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties.

* WHEN...From 11 PM EDT this evening through Monday 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
662 
WHUS43 KAPX 090121
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
921 PM EDT Sun Sep 8 2024

MIZ025-031-090930-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0009.240909T0300Z-240909T1700Z/
Benzie-Manistee-
921 PM EDT Sun Sep 8 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high
  waves up to 3 to 5 feet and rip currents.

* WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties.

* WHEN...From 11 PM EDT this evening through Monday 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.

&&

$$
552 
WHUS43 KAPX 090819
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
419 AM EDT Mon Sep 9 2024

MIZ025-031-091630-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240909T1700Z/
Benzie-Manistee-
419 AM EDT Mon Sep 9 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high 
  waves up to 3 to 5 feet and rip currents.

* WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties.

* WHEN...Until 1 PM EDT today.

* 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.

&&

$$

JZ
508 
WHUS43 KAPX 091505
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1105 AM EDT Mon Sep 9 2024

MIZ025-031-091700-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240909T1700Z/
Benzie-Manistee-
1105 AM EDT Mon Sep 9 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high 
  waves up to 3 to 5 feet and rip currents.

* WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties.

* WHEN...Until 1 PM EDT today.

* 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 8, 4:09 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX33 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.