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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 8, 20138 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Sep 8, 2013, 4:04 AM EDT for 8 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 8, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 8, 2013, 4:04 AM EDT (08:04 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 8, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 8, 2013, 8:00 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, Sandusky County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1125 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

847 
WHUS41 KCLE 080804
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
404 AM EDT SUN SEP 8 2013

...MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY ALONG THE SHORE OF LAKE
ERIE...

.NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TODAY.
THIS WILL CREATE A HAZARD OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SHORELINE.

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-081600-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0005.130908T1200Z-130909T0000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
404 AM EDT SUN SEP 8 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RIPLEY NY.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FROM NEAR HURON TO
  CONNEAUT. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK FROM MAUMEE BAY TO HURON AND
  FROM CONNEAUT TO RIPLEY NY.

* SURF HEIGHT...WAVES WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A 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

OUDEMAN

2 follow-up statements

094 
WHUS41 KCLE 082015
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
415 PM EDT SUN SEP 8 2013

...MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY ALONG THE SHORE OF
LAKE ERIE...

.NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CREATE A
HAZARD OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SHORELINE.

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-090000-
/O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-130909T0000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
415 PM EDT SUN SEP 8 2013

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

* LOCATION...FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RIPLEY NY.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FROM NEAR HURON TO 
  CONNEAUT. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK FROM MAUMEE BAY TO HURON 
  AND FROM CONNEAUT TO RIPLEY NY.

* SURF HEIGHT...WAVES WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A 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

638 
WHUS41 KCLE 090004
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
804 PM EDT SUN SEP 8 2013

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-090115-
/O.EXP.KCLE.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-130909T0000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
804 PM EDT SUN SEP 8 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS HAS DECREASED AS THE WINDS AND WAVES
ARE SUBSIDING.

$$

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

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Ohio, 2013 Rip Current Statements in Pennsylvania, 2013 Every 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.