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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Grand Rapids, MI
NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 28, 2024, 6:24 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2024, 6:24 AM EDT (10:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2024, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Rapids, MI
Counties Allegan County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Van Buren County, MI
The radar
The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
176 WHUS43 KGRR 281024 CFWGRR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 624 AM EDT Wed Aug 28 2024 MIZ050-056-064-071-281700- /O.NEW.KGRR.BH.S.0021.240828T1024Z-240828T1700Z/ Muskegon-Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- 624 AM EDT Wed Aug 28 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. Piers may be heavily swamped by waves. * WHERE...Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren counties. * WHEN...Until 1 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds and waves will be strong through the first half of the day. Subsiding late in the day. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
282 WHUS43 KGRR 281426 CFWGRR Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI 1026 AM EDT Wed Aug 28 2024 MIZ050-056-064-071-281700- /O.CON.KGRR.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-240828T1700Z/ Muskegon-Ottawa-Allegan-Van Buren- 1026 AM EDT Wed Aug 28 2024 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High wave action, strong currents, and dangerous swimming conditions expected. Piers may be heavily swamped by waves. * WHERE...Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren counties. * WHEN...Until 1 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions and do not venture out on piers. Please check with your local authorities on potential beach closures. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 1:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GRR | Ingham | 59 min |
| Aug 28, 6:22 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | GRR | 7 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Michigan, 2024Every beach hazards statement in 2024
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.