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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 13, 20147 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Sep 13, 2014, 4:17 AM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 13, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2014, 4:17 AM EDT (08:17 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 13, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 13, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 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, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2014-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 2014-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 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.

242 
WHUS41 KCLE 130817
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
417 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014

...HIGH WAVES WILL CAUSE RIP CURRENTS...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE LAKE THIS MORNING CAUSING
WINDS TO INCREASE TO PRODUCE LARGE WAVE AND RIP CURRENT THREAT.

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-131630-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0020.140913T1200Z-140914T0000Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
417 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014

...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...NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO RIPLEY NEW YORK.

* A RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 7 FEET.

* TIMING AND TIDES...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS 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

LOMBARDY
2 follow-up statements
614 
WHUS41 KCLE 131907
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
307 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014

...HIGH WAVES WILL CAUSE RIP CURRENTS...


OHZ003-007-140000-
/O.EXA.KCLE.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-140914T0000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-
307 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO RIPLEY NEW 
  YORK.

* A RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE.

* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET.

* TIMING AND TIDES...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* OTHER HAZARDS...

$$

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-140000-
/O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-140914T0000Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
307 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014

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

* LOCATION...NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO RIPLEY NEW 
  YORK.

* A RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...5 TO 7 FEET.

* TIMING AND TIDES...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS 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
624 
WHUS41 KCLE 140002
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
802 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014

OHZ003-007-009>012-089-PAZ001-140115-
/O.EXP.KCLE.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-140914T0000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-
802 PM EDT SAT SEP 13 2014

...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINDS AND WAVES ARE SLOWLY DECREASING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
OVER THE LAKE...THUS REDUCING 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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 10:24 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE29 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.