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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 25, 2026, 1:12 PM EDT for Benzie County, Mackinac County, Manistee County, Michigan. It took effect at Aug 26, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2026, 1:12 PM EDT (17:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 26, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2026, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Benzie County, MI, Mackinac County, MI, Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
107 WHUS43 KAPX 251712 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 112 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2026 MIZ025-031-270200- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0013.260826T0900Z-260827T0200Z/ Benzie-Manistee- 112 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Highest waves of 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Wednesday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
308 WHUS43 KAPX 251715 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 115 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2026 MIZ025-031-270000- /O.EXT.KAPX.BH.S.0013.260826T0600Z-260827T0200Z/ Benzie-Manistee- 115 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Highest waves of 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Waves as high as 3 to 5 feet will result in dangerous swimming conditions and could sweep people off piers and jetties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
141 WHUS43 KAPX 260205 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1005 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2026 MIZ095-261015- /O.EXA.KAPX.BH.S.0013.260826T0600Z-260827T0200Z/ Western Mackinac- 1005 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Highest waves of 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...Western Mackinac County. * WHEN...From late tonight through Wednesday 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. && $$ MIZ025-031-261015- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0013.260826T0600Z-260827T0200Z/ Benzie-Manistee- 1005 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Highest waves of 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Waves as high as 3 to 5 feet will result in dangerous swimming conditions and could sweep people off piers and jetties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
234 WHUS43 KAPX 260637 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 237 AM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026 MIZ025-031-095-261445- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-260827T0200Z/ Benzie-Manistee-Western Mackinac- 237 AM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Highest waves of 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Wednesday 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. && $$
290 WHUS43 KAPX 261451 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1051 AM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026 MIZ025-031-095-262300- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-260827T0200Z/ Benzie-Manistee-Western Mackinac- 1051 AM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Highest waves of 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties. Western Mackinac County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Waves as high as 3 to 5 feet will result in dangerous swimming conditions and could sweep people off piers and jetties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
366 WHUS43 KAPX 261836 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 236 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026 MIZ025-031-095-270200- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-260827T0200Z/ Benzie-Manistee-Western Mackinac- 236 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions. Highest waves of 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...Benzie and Manistee Counties. Western Mackinac County. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 1:15 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | APX | 33 hr |
Nearby
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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.