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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 28, 20148 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Jul 28, 2014, 4:56 AM EDT for 8 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2014, 4:56 AM EDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
17 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 08:56 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, 8.9 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 2014-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2014-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -115 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-92 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.

694 
WHUS41 KCLE 280856
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
456 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014


OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-281700-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0011.140728T0856Z-140729T0200Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
456 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE. 

* A RIP CURRENT RISK...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST
  OF THE ISLANDS AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WEST OF THE
  ISLANDS.

* SURF HEIGHT...WAVES WILL PEAK IN THE 5 TO 7 FOOT RANGE FOR
  CENTRAL LAKE ERIE...WHILE WAVES ELSEWHERE WILL BE 3 TO 5 FEET.


$$

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
926 
WHUS41 KCLE 281322
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
922 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-282130-
/O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140729T0200Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
922 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* LOCATION...THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE.

* A RIP CURRENT RISK...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST 
  OF THE ISLANDS AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WEST OF THE 
  ISLANDS.

* SURF HEIGHT...WAVES WILL PEAK IN THE 5 TO 7 FOOT RANGE FOR 
  CENTRAL LAKE ERIE...WHILE WAVES ELSEWHERE WILL BE 3 TO 5 FEET.

$$

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
621 
WHUS41 KCLE 281908
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
308 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-290200-
/O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140729T0200Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
308 PM EDT MON JUL 28 2014

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATION...THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE.

* A RIP CURRENT RISK...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EAST 
  OF THE ISLANDS AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WEST OF THE 
  ISLANDS.

* SURF HEIGHT...WAVES OF 5 TO 7 FEET EAST OF THE ISLANDS AND 3 TO
  5 FEET WEST OF THE ISLANDS WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT.

$$

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
Jul 27, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE80 min
Jul 27, 8:21 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Lake39 min
Jul 27, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Summit48 min
Jul 27, 8:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake6 hr
Jul 27, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit47 min
Jul 27, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull57 min
Jul 27, 9:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula44 min
Jul 27, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning44 min
Jul 27, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark46 min
Jul 28, 4:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE23 hr

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Ohio, 2014Rip Current Statements in Pennsylvania, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014

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.