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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 16, 2013Erie County, Pennsylvania; 8 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Sep 16, 2013, 3:33 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; 8 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Sep 16, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 2013, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 16, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 16, 2013, 3:43 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 07:32 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, 7.6 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 2013-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2013-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

932 
WHUS41 KCLE 160733
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
333 AM EDT MON SEP 16 2013

...RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE LAKE TODAY. WINDS WILL
INCREASE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT RESULTING IN HIGHER WAVES ALONG
THE SHORE.

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-161545-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0007.130916T1200Z-130917T0000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
333 AM EDT MON SEP 16 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...MODERATE RISK.

* SURF HEIGHT...WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET.

* TIMING AND TIDES...THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE
  THROUGH THE DAY AS WAVES BUILD THIS MORNING.

$$

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
2 follow-up statements
196 
WHUS41 KCLE 161308
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
908 AM EDT MON SEP 16 2013

...RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE LAKE TODAY. WINDS WILL
INCREASE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT RESULTING IN HIGHER WAVES ALONG
THE SHORE.

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-162115-
/O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
908 AM EDT MON SEP 16 2013

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

* LOCATION...FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RIPLEY NEW YORK.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE RISK.

* SURF HEIGHT...WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET.

* TIMING AND TIDES...THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE 
  THROUGH THE DAY AS WAVES BUILD THIS MORNING.

$$

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
078 
WHUS41 KCLE 161943
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
343 PM EDT MON SEP 16 2013


OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-162045-
/O.CAN.KCLE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-130917T0000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
343 PM EDT MON SEP 16 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE RIP
CURRENT RISK.

NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH WHICH HAS REDUCE THE RIP
CURRENT RISK.

$$

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

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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.