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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 24, 2012Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Jul 24, 2012, 5:35 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2012, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2012-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1990 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

453 
WHUS41 KCLE 242135
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
535 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-250000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0005.120724T2135Z-120725T0000Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
535 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* RISK...HIGH.

* WAVES...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE WATER DURING HIGH WAVE
ACTION AT THE SHORE. STRONG WATER CURRENTS CAN DEVELOP NEAR
PIERS...JETTYS...ACROSS SAND BARS...AND BREAK WALLS. THE SWIFTLY
MOVING WATER CAN SWEEP SWIMMERS OUT TO OPEN WATER VERY QUICKLY.
THE CURRENT CAN EVEN OVERCOME STRONG SWIMMERS.

$$

OUDEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 5:15 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE7 hr

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.