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Coastal Flood Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this coastal flood statement at Jun 3, 2012, 5:31 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2012, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
227 WHUS41 KCLE 032131 CFWCLE LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 531 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-040000- /O.NEW.KCLE.CF.S.0001.120603T2131Z-120604T0000Z/ LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 531 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE LAKE SHORE. * TIMING...THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ABOUT 8 PM THIS EVENING WHEN THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH. * IMPACTS...THE HIGH WAVE ACTION WILL CAUSE CURRENTS TO DEVELOP ON BEACHES AND NEAR STRUCTURES EXTENDING OUT INTO THE LAKE. SWIMMERS COULD BE TRAPPED IN THE CURRENTS AND SWEPT OUT INTO OPEN WATER QUICKLY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in Ohio, 2012Coastal Flood Statements in Pennsylvania, 2012Every coastal flood statement in 2012
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.