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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Gaylord, MI

July 16, 20254 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 16, 2025, 4:09 PM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jul 17, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2025, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 17, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 18, 2025, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Benzie County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Manistee County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2025-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 647 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2025-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

433 
WHUS43 KAPX 162009
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
409 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

MIZ020-025-031-099-170915-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0004.250717T1000Z-250718T0400Z/
Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Charlevoix-
409 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee and Charlevoix Counties.

* WHEN...From Thursday morning through Thursday 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
123 
WHUS43 KAPX 170628
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
228 AM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025

MIZ020-025-031-099-171500-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.250717T1000Z-250718T0400Z/
Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Charlevoix-
228 AM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 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...Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee and Charlevoix Counties.

* WHEN...From Thursday morning through Thursday 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.

&&

$$
857 
WHUS43 KAPX 171428
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1028 AM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025

MIZ020-025-031-099-172230-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-250718T0400Z/
Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Charlevoix-
1028 AM EDT Thu Jul 17 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...Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee and Charlevoix Counties.

* WHEN...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.

&&

$$
445 
WHUS43 KAPX 171834
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
234 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025

MIZ020-025-031-099-180245-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-250718T0400Z/
Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Charlevoix-
234 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 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...Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee and Charlevoix Counties.

* WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight.

* 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.

&&

$$
918 
WHUS43 KAPX 180327
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1127 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025

MIZ020-025-031-099-180430-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-250718T0400Z/
Leelanau-Benzie-Manistee-Charlevoix-
1127 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 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...Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee and Charlevoix Counties.

* WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight.

* 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
Jul 16, 4:37 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX24 hr
Jul 16, 4:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAPXAlpena76 min
Jul 16, 6:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningAPXAlpena3 hr
Jul 16, 6:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryAPXCheboygan, Presque Isle3 hr
Jul 16, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningAPX62 min
Jul 16, 7:33 PM EDTFlood WatchAPXAlcona, Arenac, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Kalkaska and 6 more8 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.