Alert archive / Ohio / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Aug 13, 2013, 3:52 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; 5 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Aug 13, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2013, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 13, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 07:52 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 (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1408 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
591 WHUS41 KCLE 130752 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 352 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013 .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE ERIE THIS MORNING. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AT LEAST 15 TO 20 KNOTS WHICH WILL PILE WATER UP ALONG THE SHORELINE AND CREATE AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-131600- /O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0002.130813T1400Z-130814T0000Z/ ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 352 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...FROM NEAR SANDUSKY BAY TO RIPLEY * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK * SURF HEIGHT...WAVES WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT MEANS THAT RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS AND FLAGS. $$
3 follow-up statements
933 WHUS41 KCLE 131416 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1016 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013 .NORTHERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS WHICH WILL PILE WATER UP ALONG THE SHORELINE AND CREATE A RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-132230- /O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130814T0000Z/ ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 1016 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...FROM NEAR SANDUSKY BAY TO RIPLEY * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK * SURF HEIGHT...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT MEANS THAT RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS AND FLAGS. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM LOMBARDY
600 WHUS41 KCLE 131929 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 329 PM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013 .NORTHERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL PILE WATER UP ALONG THE SHORELINE AND CREATE A RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-140000- /O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130814T0000Z/ ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 329 PM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...FROM NEAR SANDUSKY BAY TO RIPLEY * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK * SURF HEIGHT...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT MEANS THAT RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. PAY ATTENTION TO POSTED SIGNS AND FLAGS. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM LOMBARDY
916 WHUS41 KCLE 140005 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 805 PM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013 OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-140115- /O.EXP.KCLE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130814T0000Z/ ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 805 PM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE HIGH WAVES ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF LAKE ERIE OVERNIGHT. ANYONE VENTURING INTO THE WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 75 min |
| Aug 13, 1:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 39 min |
| Aug 12, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 84 min | |
| Aug 12, 11:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 116 min | |
| Aug 13, 3:42 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 30 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Ohio, 2013Rip Current Statements in Pennsylvania, 2013Every rip current statement in 2013
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.