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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 4:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 24 hr | |
| Jul 16, 4:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | APX | Alpena | 76 min |
| Jul 16, 6:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | APX | Alpena | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | APX | Cheboygan, Presque Isle | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | APX | 62 min | |
| Jul 16, 7:33 PM EDT | Flood Watch | APX | Alcona, Arenac, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Kalkaska and 6 more | 8 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.