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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Gaylord, MI
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 8:06 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 12 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.