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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Gaylord, MI

August 24, 20265 counties in Michigan

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 24, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT for 5 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT (07:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Gaylord, MI

Counties Alpena County, MI, Charlevoix County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Leelanau County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI

The radar

The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2026-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Alpena, MI at 00:00Z on 2026-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

452 
WHUS43 KAPX 240751
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
351 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

MIZ016-020-099-241600-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0012.260824T0751Z-260825T0000Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Charlevoix-
351 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

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

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Waves as high as 3 to 5
  feet.

* WHERE...Emmet, Leelanau and Charlevoix Counties.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Waves as high as 3 to 5 feet will result in 
  dangerous swimming conditions and could sweep people off piers 
  and jetties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

MIZ018-024-241600-
/O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0012.260824T0751Z-260825T0300Z/
Presque Isle-Alpena-
351 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

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

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Waves as high as 5 to 7
  feet.

* WHERE...Presque Isle and Alpena Counties.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Waves as high as 5 to 7 feet will result in 
  dangerous swimming conditions and could sweep people off piers 
  and jetties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

FEF
2 follow-up statements
749 
WHUS43 KAPX 241530
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1130 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

MIZ018-024-242330-
/O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260825T0000Z/
Presque Isle-Alpena-
1130 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Waves as high as 4 to 7 
  feet.

* WHERE...Presque Isle and Alpena Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Waves as high as 4 to 7 feet will result in dangerous
  swimming conditions and could sweep people off piers and 
  jetties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

MIZ016-020-099-242330-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260825T0000Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Charlevoix-
1130 AM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Waves as high as 3 to 5 
  feet.

* WHERE...Emmet, Leelanau and Charlevoix Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Waves as high as 3 to 5 feet will result in 
  dangerous swimming conditions and could sweep people off piers 
  and jetties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
536 
WHUS43 KAPX 241952
CFWAPX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
352 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

MIZ016-020-099-250000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260825T0000Z/
Emmet-Leelanau-Charlevoix-
352 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Highest waves of 3 to 5
  feet.

* WHERE...Emmet, Leelanau and Charlevoix Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Waves as high as 3 to 5 feet will result in 
  dangerous swimming conditions and could sweep people off piers 
  and jetties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

MIZ018-024-250000-
/O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-260825T0000Z/
Presque Isle-Alpena-
352 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Highest waves of 3 to 5
  feet.

* WHERE...Presque Isle and Alpena Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Waves as high as 3 to 5 feet will result in dangerous
  swimming conditions and could sweep people off piers and 
  jetties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this beach hazards statement went out at Aug 23, 11:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • Breezy winds and cool temperatures continue Monday with dry weather expected through the first half of the week.
  • Rain chances return late Wednesday/Thursday.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 11:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1100 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Breezy winds and cool temperatures continue Monday with dry
weather expected through the first half of the week.

- Rain chances return late Wednesday/Thursday.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 227 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Pattern Synopsis:

Impressive late-summer troughing will continue to churn over the
Great Lakes tonight as it eventually lifts northeast early this
week. The associated surface cyclone centered along the
Ontario/Quebec border will weaken with time as the system becomes
increasingly vertically stacked, cutting off favorable advections
for support. Meanwhile, ridging sliding over the northern Great
Plains will help build surface high pressure across the region
through the first half of the week. Troughing eventually works back
overhead during the second half of the week, likely bringing another
system across the Great Lakes in the late Wednesday/Thursday
timeframe.

Forecast Details:

Fall-feeling weather across the area today with breezy winds and
cool temperatures will continue into Monday. While afternoon highs
will be a few degrees warmer on Monday, readings are still expected
to stay in the upper 60s to low 70s for most of the area -- around 5
degrees cooler than late-August averages. Northwest winds between 10-
20 mph with gusts to 25-35 mph will persist this afternoon and
continue Monday as well, although slightly less windy conditions are
anticipated tomorrow. Isolated to scattered light lake enhanced rain
showers today are also expected to draw to a close for most areas
later this evening and tonight as an increasingly hostile
environment moves in as aforementioned high pressure builds. The
exception will be across the far eastern U.P./Lake Huron shoreline
tonight into early Monday morning as rain looks to linger on the
backside of the system as it exits. Cannot completely rule out a few
showers Monday, but the first half of the week is expected to be dry
across northern Michigan.

Our next chances for rain will return late Wednesday and Thursday as
troughing digs back into the Great Lakes. Timing appears to be
delayed some from previous forecast cycles, potentially keeping most
of Wednesday dry. That said, steadier rain chances appear
increasingly likely in the front end of this system late
Wednesday/early Thursday with additional rain showers possible
through late Thursday on the backside of the departing system.
Otherwise, highs will warm back into the upper 70s and low 80s by
Tuesday with temperatures set to cool back into the upper 60s and
70s during the second half of the week.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 1055 PM EDT Sun Aug 23 2026

Band of MVFR producing low clouds and some light showers
expected to continue to impact KCIU and KAPN into this morning.
May also see some of this lower overcast impact KPLN as well,
but confidence remains low in this occurring. Cigs will only
slowly improve at KCIU and KAPN through today, with more rapid
improvement this evening. VFR conditions the remainder of the
taf locations through the period under some passing higher based
cumulus at times. Gusty northwest winds will continue today,
with winds decreasing this evening.

&&

.APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...Beach Hazards Statement until midnight EDT tonight for MIZ016-
     018-020-021-024>026-031-098-099.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 7 PM EDT Monday for LHZ345.
     Small Craft Advisory until 8 PM EDT Monday for LHZ346.
     Gale Warning until 5 AM EDT Monday for LHZ347-348.
     Small Craft Advisory from 5 AM Monday to midnight EDT Monday
     night for LHZ347-348.
     Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM EDT Monday for LHZ349.
     Small Craft Advisory until 7 PM EDT Monday for LMZ323-341-342-
     344.
     Small Craft Advisory until 1 AM EDT Monday for LMZ345-346.
     Small Craft Advisory until 5 PM EDT Monday for LSZ321-322.

&&

DISCUSSION...DJC
AVIATION...MSB

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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.