Alert archive / Ohio / Rip Current Statements in 2014
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at May 29, 2014, 6:40 AM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2014, 6:40 AM EDT (10:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2014, 3:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
885 WHUS41 KCLE 291040 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 640 AM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON LAKE ERIE TODAY... .NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL CAUSE 2 TO 4 FOOT WAVES IN THE NEARSHORE WATERS WITH A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. OHZ003-007>011-291845- /O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0001.140529T1040Z-140529T2000Z/ LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA- 640 AM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...MAUMEE BAY TO WILLOWICK * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE * SURF HEIGHT...WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THEN START TO DECREASE. * WATER TEMPERATURES...WATER TEMPERATURES REMAIN COLD AND SWIMMING IS DISCOURAGED. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
2 follow-up statements
001 WHUS41 KCLE 291323 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 923 AM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON LAKE ERIE TODAY... .NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL CAUSE 2 TO 4 FOOT WAVES IN THE NEARSHORE WATERS WITH A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. OHZ003-007>011-292000- /O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-140529T2000Z/ LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA- 923 AM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...MAUMEE BAY TO WILLOWICK * RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE * SURF HEIGHT...WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON THEN START TO DECREASE. * WATER TEMPERATURES...WATER TEMPERATURES REMAIN COLD AND SWIMMING IS DISCOURAGED. $$ 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
913 WHUS41 KCLE 291918 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 318 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 OHZ003-007>011-292030- /O.CAN.KCLE.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-140529T2000Z/ LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA- 318 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK. WINDS AND WAVES ARE SUBSIDING SO THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT RIP CURRENTS IS ENDING. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 9:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot | 8 hr |
| May 29, 6:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot | 8 hr |
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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.