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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Jun 25, 2012, 4:14 AM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jun 25, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2012, 4:14 AM EDT (08:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 25, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 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 179 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
- 342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
679 WHUS41 KCLE 250814 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 414 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 OHZ007>012-251615- /O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0002.120625T1200Z-120626T0000Z/ OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE- 414 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RISK...HIGH. * WAVES...3 TO 5 FEET. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS AND MAY BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE LAKE. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS AND FLAGS. $$
3 follow-up statements
825 WHUS41 KCLE 251342 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 942 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 OHZ089-PAZ001-260000- /O.EXA.KCLE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120626T0000Z/ ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 942 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RISK...HIGH. * WAVES...3 TO 5 FEET. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS AND MAY BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE LAKE. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS AND FLAGS. $$ OHZ007>012-260000- /O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120626T0000Z/ OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE- 942 AM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RISK...HIGH. * WAVES...4 TO 6 FEET. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS AND MAY BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE LAKE. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS AND FLAGS. $$ OUDEMAN
380 WHUS41 KCLE 251934 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 334 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 OHZ007>012-089-PAZ001-260000- /O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120626T0000Z/ OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE- 334 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RISK...HIGH. * WAVES...4 TO 6 FEET. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS AND MAY BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE LAKE. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS AND FLAGS. $$ OUDEMAN
926 WHUS41 KCLE 252029 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 429 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 OHZ007>012-089-PAZ001-260000- /O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120626T0000Z/ OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE- 429 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RISK...HIGH. * WAVES...4 TO 6 FEET. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS AND MAY BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE LAKE. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS AND FLAGS. $$ OUDEMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 24, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 117 min | |
| Jun 25, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 57 min | |
| Jun 24, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 37 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Ohio, 2012Rip Current Statements in Pennsylvania, 2012Every rip current 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.