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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 3, 2024, 3:00 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2024, 3:00 AM EDT (07:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2024, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Mason County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
046 WHUS43 KGRR 030700 CFWGRR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 300 AM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-031600- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0013.240703T0700Z-240703T1600Z/ Mason-Oceana-Muskegon-Ottawa-Allegan- 300 AM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * WHAT...High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. Piers may be heavily swamped by waves. * WHERE...Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa and Allegan counties. * WHEN...Until noon EDT today. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Briefly stronger southwest winds early this morning will build higher waves and stronger currents that may linger through late morning. Swimming conditions are expected to improve during the afternoon. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
948 WHUS43 KGRR 031404 CFWGRR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 1004 AM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-031600- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240703T1600Z/ Mason-Oceana-Muskegon-Ottawa-Allegan- 1004 AM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * WHAT...Wave action, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions will gradually subside the rest of this morning. * WHERE...Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa and Allegan counties. * WHEN...Until noon EDT today. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions and do not venture out on piers. Please check with your local authorities on potential beach closures. && $$
676 WHUS43 KGRR 031603 CFWGRR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 1203 PM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024 MIZ037-043-050-056-064-031715- /O.EXP.KGRR.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-240703T1600Z/ Mason-Oceana-Muskegon-Ottawa-Allegan- 1203 PM EDT Wed Jul 3 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... The Beach Hazards Statement has been allowed to expire because winds and waves have dropped below advisory thresholds and the threat for dangerous currents has subsided. $$
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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.