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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 15, 2014Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Jul 15, 2014, 7:11 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 15, 2014, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2014, 7:11 AM EDT (11:11 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 15, 2014, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 15, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 460 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

278 
WHUS41 KCLE 151111
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
711 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM
CLEVELAND EAST...

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-151915-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0007.140715T1400Z-140716T0200Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
711 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...FROM CLEVELAND EAST ALONG THE OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA SHORELINE.

* A RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE RISK.

* SURF HEIGHT...WAVES WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET TODAY.

* TIMING...THE THREAT WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE
  INTO THE EVENING.

* OTHER HAZARDS...A WATERSPOUT COULD DEVELOP 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
1 follow-up statement
975 
WHUS41 KCLE 151854
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
254 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING FROM
CLEVELAND EAST...

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-160200-
/O.CON.KCLE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-140716T0200Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
254 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

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

* LOCATION...FROM CLEVELAND EAST ALONG THE OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIA 
  SHORELINE.

* A RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE RISK.

* SURF HEIGHT...WAVES WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 6 FEET TODAY.

* TIMING...THE THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.

* OTHER HAZARDS...WATERSPOUTS COULD DEVELOP 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

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.