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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Sep 13, 2013, 4:45 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Sep 13, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2013, 4:45 AM EDT (08:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 13, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2013, 3:39 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
415 WHUS41 KCLE 130845 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 445 AM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SHORE OF LAKE ERIE TODAY... .NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET WILL CAUSE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SHORES OF LAKE ERIE TODAY. OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-131645- /O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0006.130913T1200Z-130914T0000Z/ LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE- ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 445 AM EDT FRI SEP 13 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 NEW YORK * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK * SURF HEIGHT...WAVES OF 5 TO 7 FEET THIS MORNING WILL DECREASE TO 4 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS TODAY...MAINLY EAST OF VERMILION. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
2 follow-up statements
254 WHUS41 KCLE 131331 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 931 AM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SHORE OF LAKE ERIE TODAY... .NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET WILL CAUSE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SHORES OF LAKE ERIE TODAY. OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-132145- /O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-130914T0000Z/ LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE- ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 931 AM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RIPLEY NEW YORK * RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH RISK * SURF HEIGHT...WAVES OF 5 TO 7 FEET THIS MORNING WILL DECREASE TO 4 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * OTHER HAZARDS...THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS TODAY...MAINLY EAST OF VERMILION. $$ 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
998 WHUS41 KCLE 131939 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 339 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013 OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-132045- /O.CAN.KCLE.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-130914T0000Z/ LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE- ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 339 PM EDT FRI SEP 13 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK. WINDS HAVE DIMINSHED LESSENING THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 87 min | |
| Sep 12, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 57 min |
Nearby
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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.