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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Gaylord, MI

September 9, 2025Charlevoix County, Mackinac County, Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 9, 2025, 3:03 AM EDT for Charlevoix County, Mackinac County, Michigan. It took effect at Sep 9, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2025, 3:03 AM EDT (07:03 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 9, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 9, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Charlevoix County, MI, Mackinac County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 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

Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2025-09-09Temperature 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2025-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1376 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

733 
WHUS43 KAPX 090703
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
303 AM EDT Tue Sep 9 2025

MIZ095-098-091515-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0013.250909T1200Z-250910T0000Z/
Western Mackinac-Beaver Island and surrounding islands-
303 AM EDT Tue Sep 9 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions due to 2 to 5 foot waves 
  and rip currents.

* WHERE...Western Mackinac County, 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
204 
WHUS43 KAPX 091452
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1052 AM EDT Tue Sep 9 2025

MIZ095-098-092300-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-250910T0000Z/
Western Mackinac-Beaver Island and surrounding islands-
1052 AM EDT Tue Sep 9 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions due to 3 to 5 foot waves 
  and rip currents.

* WHERE...Western Mackinac County, and Beaver Island and 
  surrounding islands.

* WHEN...Until 8 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.

&&

$$
082 
WHUS43 KAPX 091824
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
224 PM EDT Tue Sep 9 2025

MIZ095-098-100000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-250910T0000Z/
Western Mackinac-Beaver Island and surrounding islands-
224 PM EDT Tue Sep 9 2025

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

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions due to 3 to 5 foot waves 
  and rip currents.

* WHERE...Western Mackinac County, and Beaver Island and 
  surrounding islands.

* WHEN...Until 8 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
Sep 9, 8:06 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX12 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.