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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 13, 20128 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Jun 13, 2012, 11:34 AM EDT for 8 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2012, 11:34 AM EDT (15:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2012, 2:22 PM EDT
In force
3 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, Sandusky County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 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 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-13Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2012-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1419 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 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.

101 
WHUS41 KCLE 131534
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1134 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-132200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0001.120613T1534Z-120613T2200Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
1134 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* RISK...THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH
  6 PM THIS EVENING.

* WAVES...WAVES AT 3 TO 5 FEET WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TO 1 TO 3
  FEET LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS BUT
  WILL DIMINISH TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS BY THIS EVENING.

$$

LOMBARDY
1 follow-up statement
048 
WHUS41 KCLE 131822
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
222 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-131930-
/O.CAN.KCLE.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120613T2200Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
222 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...


* RISK...THE RISK HAS ENDED. 

* WAVES...WAVES AT 2 TO 4 FEET WILL SUBSIDE TO 1 TO 3 FEET LATER
  THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 KNOTS. 

$$

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.