Alert archive / Ohio / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Sep 8, 2012, 3:57 AM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2012, 3:57 AM EDT (07:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 3:44 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, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 8.0 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
- 888 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
113 WHUS41 KCLE 080757 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 357 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 OHZ003-007-009>012-089-PAZ001-081600- /O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0006.120908T0757Z-120909T0000Z/ LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE- 357 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RISK...HIGH * WAVES...6 TO 9 FEET WEST AND 9 TO 12 FEET EAST * WINDS...WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 35 KNOT GALES. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
821 WHUS41 KCLE 081306 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 906 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 OHZ003-007-009>012-089-PAZ001-082115- /O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-120909T0000Z/ LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE- 906 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RISK...HIGH * WAVES...6 TO 9 FEET WEST AND 9 TO 12 FEET EAST * WINDS...WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 35 KNOT GALES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE WATER DURING HIGH WAVE ACTION AT THE SHORE. STRONG WATER CURRENTS CAN DEVELOP NEAR PIERS...JETTYS...ACROSS SAND BARS...AND BREAK WALLS. THE SWIFTLY MOVING WATER CAN SWEEP SWIMMERS OUT TO OPEN WATER VERY QUICKLY. THE CURRENT CAN EVEN OVERCOME STRONG SWIMMERS. $$
248 WHUS41 KCLE 081944 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 344 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 OHZ003-007-009>012-089-PAZ001-082045- /O.CAN.KCLE.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-120909T0000Z/ LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE- NORTHERN ERIE- 344 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH RESULTING IN A REDUCE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 116 min | |
| Sep 8, 9:17 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 13 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.