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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 22, 20138 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Sep 22, 2013, 3:05 AM EDT for 8 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 22, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2013, 3:05 AM EDT (07:05 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 22, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 22, 2013, 3:53 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 07:05 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, 7.1 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2013-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 2013-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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.

341 
WHUS41 KCLE 220705
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
305 AM EDT SUN SEP 22 2013

...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

.NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS ALONG WITH WITH WAVES OF 3
FEET OR MORE WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. THE WIND
AND WAVE ACTION TEND TO PILE WATER TOWARD THE SHORE. EVENTUALLY
THIS RELAXES ALLOWING WATER TO RUSH AWAY FROM SHORE POSSIBLY
RESULTING IN A RIP CURRENT.

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-221515-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0008.130922T1200Z-130922T2000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
305 AM EDT SUN SEP 22 2013

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

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

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

* RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE.

* SURF HEIGHT...1 TO 3 FEET WEST AND 3 TO 5 FEET CENTRAL AND EAST.

* TIMING AND TIDES...THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST THROUGH THE
  MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON.


$$

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
233 
WHUS41 KCLE 221408
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1008 AM EDT SUN SEP 22 2013

...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

.NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS ALONG WITH WITH WAVES OF
3 FEET OR MORE WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. THE WIND
AND WAVE ACTION TEND TO PILE WATER TOWARD THE SHORE. EVENTUALLY
THIS RELAXES ALLOWING WATER TO RUSH AWAY FROM SHORE POSSIBLY
RESULTING IN A RIP CURRENT.

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-222000-
/O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-130922T2000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
1008 AM EDT SUN SEP 22 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

* RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE.

* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET DECREASING TO 2 TO 4 FEET TODAY. 

* TIMING AND TIDES...THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST THROUGH THE 
  MORNING AND THEN DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

$$

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
974 
WHUS41 KCLE 221953
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
353 PM EDT SUN SEP 22 2013


OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-222100-
/O.CAN.KCLE.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-130922T2000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
353 PM EDT SUN SEP 22 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

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

THE WINDS AND WAVES ARE DECREASING THUS LOWERING THE RISK 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 22, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr

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.