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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 13, 2013Erie County, Pennsylvania; 8 counties in Ohio

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.

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, 8.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2013-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2013-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -227 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE87 min
Sep 12, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake57 min

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.