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Coastal Flood Statement 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 15, 2011Cuyahoga County, Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this coastal flood statement at Aug 15, 2011, 4:14 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2011, 4:14 AM EDT (08:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2011-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 535 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2011-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

520 
WHUS41 KCLE 150814
CFWCLE

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
414 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2011

OHZ009>011-151600-
/O.NEW.KCLE.CF.S.0002.110815T0814Z-110816T0000Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-
414 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2011

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS TODAY WILL CAUSE WAVES OF 4 TO 6
FEET AND A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SHORE OF LAKE ERIE.

A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP AND WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE
ENTERING THE LAKE. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND LOCAL
OFFICIALS. PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS AND FLAGS.

$$

OUDEMAN
1 follow-up statement
747 
WHUS41 KCLE 151340
CFWCLE

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
940 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2011

OHZ009>011-152145-
/O.CON.KCLE.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-110816T0000Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-
940 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2011

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE WAVES OF 4 TO 6
FEET AND A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SHORE OF LAKE
ERIE.

A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP AND WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BE LIFE THREATENING TO
ANYONE ENTERING THE LAKE. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND LOCAL
OFFICIALS. PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS AND FLAGS.

$$

GARNET

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 3:26 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLELake6 hr
Aug 15, 6:20 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELake6 hr
Aug 15, 8:19 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Medina5 hr
Aug 15, 10:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshtabula, Portage, Trumbull3 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.