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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 3, 2014Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Jun 3, 2014, 3:23 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Lorain County, Ohio. It took effect at Jun 3, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2014, 3:23 AM EDT (07:23 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 3, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 3, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2014-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 327 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2014-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
327 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

668 
WHUS41 KCLE 030723
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
323 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

.WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS REACHING 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL CREATE
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR SAND BARS
AND ALONG BREAK WALLS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS EXTENDING OUT AWAY
FROM SHORE.

OHZ010>012-031530-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0002.140603T1200Z-140604T0000Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
323 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND INDICATES THERE IS A
MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...VERMILION TO GENEVA ON THE LAKE. 

* RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE

* SURF HEIGHT...UP TO 4 FEET

* TIMING...TODAY

$$

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
1 follow-up statement
210 
WHUS41 KCLE 031331
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
931 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

.WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS REACHING 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL CREATE
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY NEAR SAND BARS
AND ALONG BREAK WALLS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS EXTENDING OUT AWAY
FROM SHORE.

OHZ010>012-032145-
/O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140604T0000Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
931 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014

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

* LOCATION...VERMILION TO GENEVA ON THE LAKE.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE

* SURF HEIGHT...UP TO 4 FEET

* TIMING...TODAY

$$

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.