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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 4:24 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 35 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.