WHUS43 KGRR 022123
CFWGRR
LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
523 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008
MIZ037-043-050-056-064-071-030400-
/O.NEW.KGRR.LS.S.0001.080702T2123Z-080703T0400Z/
MASON-OCEANA-MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-ALLEGAN-VAN BUREN-
523 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2008
...SIGNIFICANT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...
HIGH WAVES AND SEICHES...CAUSED BY A SQUALL LINES ACROSS SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN...WILL BRING AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SUDDEN RISES IN WATER ASSOCIATED WITH SEICHES CAN CREATE RIP
CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. WATER ROSE 15 TO 20
FEET UP THE BEACH AT SILVER BEACH IN ST. JOSEPH AROUND 430 PM.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT PEOPLE STAY OUT OF THE WATER. RIP
CURRENTS ARE STRONG NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW AWAY
FROM THE BEACH...OUT TO DEEPER WATER. IF YOU GET CAUGHT IN A RIP
CURRENT...WADE OR SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF ITS
PULL...AND THEN HEAD BACK TO SHORE.
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DUKE