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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 8, 20147 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Jun 8, 2014, 4:31 AM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Jun 8, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2014, 4:31 AM EDT (08:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 8, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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.

072 
WHUS41 KCLE 080831
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
431 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO GENEVA-ON-THE-
LAKE...

.WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS ON
LAKE ERIE TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO HIGHER WAVES AND AN INCREASED
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORES OF LAKE ERIE.

OHZ003-007>012-081645-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0004.140608T1800Z-140609T0100Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
431 AM EDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK HEADLINE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...MAUMEE BAY TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE

* A RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE RISK

* SURF HEIGHT...WAVES WILL INCREASE TO 2 TO 4 FEET THIS AFTERNOON.

* OTHER HAZARDS...WATER TEMPERATURES REMAIN COOL IN THE LOW 60S
  EAST OF VERMILION.

$$

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

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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.