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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 8, 20127 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2012-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 888 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2012-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 275 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 11:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Sep 8, 9:17 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE13 hr

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.