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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Gaylord, MI

June 26, 20255 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 26, 2025, 3:46 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jun 26, 2025, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2025, 3:46 AM EDT (07:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 26, 2025, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 27, 2025, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 254 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2025-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2025-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

659 
WHUS43 KAPX 260746
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
346 AM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

MIZ017-018-024-030-036-261600-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0003.250626T1500Z-250627T0400Z/
Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-
346 AM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Alpena, Alcona and Iosco 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 11 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.

&&

$$

FEF
2 follow-up statements
059 
WHUS43 KAPX 261448
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1048 AM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

MIZ017-018-024-030-036-262300-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0003.250626T1500Z-250627T0400Z/
Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-
1048 AM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Alpena, Alcona and Iosco 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 11 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.

&&

$$
190 
WHUS43 KAPX 261912
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
312 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

MIZ017-018-024-030-036-270315-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250627T0400Z/
Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Alpena-Alcona-Iosco-
312 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

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

* WHERE...Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Alpena, Alcona and Iosco 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 11 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 3:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX40 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.