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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 18, 20125 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Sep 18, 2012, 4:21 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 18, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 18, 2012, 4:21 AM EDT (08:21 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 18, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 18, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 00:00Z on 2012-09-18Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2012-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2049 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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.

985 
WHUS41 KCLE 180821
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
421 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-181630-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0008.120918T1500Z-120919T0000Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
421 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

* RISK...HIGH

* WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS
  AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.



$$
2 follow-up statements
733 
WHUS41 KCLE 181317
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
917 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-190000-
/O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0008.120918T1500Z-120919T0000Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
917 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

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

* RISK...HIGH

* WAVES...2 TO 4 FEET BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS THIS 
  AFTERNOON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
739 
WHUS41 KCLE 181934
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
334 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-190000-
/O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-120919T0000Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
334 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

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

* RISK...HIGH

* WAVES...6 TO 10 FEET.

* WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 4:24 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE35 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.