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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 18, 2026, 3:43 AM EDT for 4 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2026, 3:43 AM EDT (07:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Manistee County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
253 WHUS43 KAPX 180743 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 343 AM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026 MIZ024-030-031-036-181545- /O.NEW.KAPX.BH.S.0004.260618T0743Z-260618T2000Z/ Alpena-Alcona-Manistee-Iosco- 343 AM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions due to 3-5 ft waves and rip currents. * WHERE...Alpena, Alcona, Manistee and Iosco Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * 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. && $$ ELD
1 follow-up statement
882 WHUS43 KAPX 181408 CFWAPX Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Gaylord MI 1008 AM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026 MIZ024-030-031-036-182000- /O.CON.KAPX.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-260618T2000Z/ Alpena-Alcona-Manistee-Iosco- 1008 AM EDT Thu Jun 18 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous swimming conditions due to 3-5 ft waves and rip currents. * WHERE...Alpena, Alcona, Manistee and Iosco Counties. * WHEN...Until 4 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can sweep people off piers. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
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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.