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Coastal Flood Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 3, 2012Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2012-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 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.