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Coastal Flood Statement 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 8, 20117 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 8, 2011, 4:20 AM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2011, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2011-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 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.

474 
WHUS41 KCLE 080820
CFWCLE

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
420 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

OHZ003-007-009>012-089-PAZ001-081630-
/O.NEW.KCLE.CF.S.0007.110908T0820Z-110909T0200Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-
420 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

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

* THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE
  BAY TO RIPLEY NEW YORK THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING.

* NORTHEAST WINDS OF UP TO 30 KNOTS AND WAVES OF UP TO 9 FEET WILL
  BE CONDUCIVE FOR RIP CURRENTS.

* SWIMMERS IN LAKE ERIE NEED TO BE ALERT FOR RIP CURRENTS. THE
  HIGH WAVE ACTION AND RIP CURRENT RISK CAN BE DANGEROUS EVEN FOR
  GOOD SWIMMERS. THE BEST SOLUTION IS TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER
  DURING HIGH WAVE SITUATIONS.

$$

LOMBARDY
2 follow-up statements
963 
WHUS41 KCLE 081437
CFWCLE

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1037 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

OHZ003-007-009>012-089-PAZ001-082245-
/O.CON.KCLE.CF.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0200Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-
1037 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE  
BAY TO RIPLEY NEW YORK THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING.

* NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF UP TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES OF UP TO 6 FEET
  WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR RIP CURRENTS.

* SWIMMERS IN LAKE ERIE NEED TO BE ALERT FOR RIP CURRENTS. THE  
HIGH WAVE ACTION AND RIP CURRENT RISK CAN BE DANGEROUS EVEN FOR  
GOOD SWIMMERS. THE BEST SOLUTION IS TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER  
DURING HIGH WAVE SITUATIONS.

$$
709 
WHUS41 KCLE 081944
CFWCLE

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
344 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

OHZ003-007-009>012-089-PAZ001-090200-
/O.CON.KCLE.CF.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110909T0200Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-
344 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

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

* THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE
BAY TO RIPLEY NEW YORK THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING.

* NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF UP TO 20 KNOTS AND WAVES OF UP TO 5 FEET
  WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR RIP CURRENTS.

* SWIMMERS IN LAKE ERIE NEED TO BE ALERT FOR RIP CURRENTS. THE
HIGH WAVE ACTION AND RIP CURRENT RISK CAN BE DANGEROUS EVEN FOR
GOOD SWIMMERS. THE BEST SOLUTION IS TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER
DURING HIGH WAVE SITUATIONS.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 9:53 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEErie, Ottawa13 hr
Sep 8, 12:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESandusky5 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Ohio, 2011Coastal Flood Statements in Pennsylvania, 2011Every coastal flood statement in 2011

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.