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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 23, 20136 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Aug 23, 2013, 3:41 AM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2013, 3:41 AM EDT (07:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2013-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 865 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2013-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
865 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

923 
WHUS41 KCLE 230741
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
341 AM EDT FRI AUG 23 2013

...WINDS ON THE LAKE WILL INCREASE TODAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE WELL SOUTH OF THE LAKE TODAY. THIS WILL
CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. THE
RESULTING WAVES WILL POSE A RISK TO BEACH GOERS TODAY.

OHZ003-007>011-231545-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0003.130823T0741Z-130824T0000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-
341 AM EDT FRI AUG 23 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...MAUMEE BAY TO WILLOWICK.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. 

* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET.

* TIMING...TODAY.

$$

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 3:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Richland, Sandusky and 1 more3 hr
Aug 23, 3:42 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE7 hr

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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.