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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 18, 2025Cheboygan County, Presque Isle County, Michigan

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.

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, 7.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2025-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2025-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 2:20 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAPX26 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.