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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 18, 2025, 2:59 AM EDT for Cheboygan County, Presque Isle County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 18, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2025, 2:59 AM EDT (06:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 18, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2025, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Cheboygan County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
606 WHUS43 KAPX 180659 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 259 AM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 MIZ017-018-181500- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0007.250818T1200Z-250819T0100Z/ Cheboygan-Presque Isle- 259 AM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high waves of 3 to 6 feet and rip currents. * WHERE...Cheboygan and Presque Isle Counties. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
210 WHUS43 KAPX 181411 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1011 AM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 MIZ017-018-190100- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250819T0100Z/ Cheboygan-Presque Isle- 1011 AM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high waves of 3 to 6 feet and rip currents. * WHERE...Lake Huron Beaches of Cheboygan and Presque Isle Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
054 WHUS43 KAPX 181820 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 220 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 MIZ017-018-190100- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250819T0100Z/ Cheboygan-Presque Isle- 220 PM EDT Mon Aug 18 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions are expected due to high waves of 3 to 6 feet and rip currents. * WHERE...Lake Huron Beaches of Cheboygan and Presque Isle Counties. * WHEN...Through early 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2:20 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 26 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.