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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Jul 16, 2014, 3:21 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2014, 3:21 AM EDT (07:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2014, 3:00 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 07:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
518 WHUS41 KCLE 160721 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 321 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-161530- /O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0008.140716T0721Z-140716T1800Z/ CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 321 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY EAST TO ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. * A RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE RISK. * SURF HEIGHT...WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE AND ANY ONE ENTERING THE WATER COULD RISK BEING SWEPT OUT INTO OPEN WATER IN STRONG CURRENTS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFE GUARDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WHERE PRESENT. CONSIDER STAYING OUT OF THE WATER WHEN WAVES ARE PRESENT TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM LOMBARDY
1 follow-up statement
024 WHUS41 KCLE 161344 CFWCLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 944 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-161900- /O.EXT.KCLE.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-140716T1900Z/ CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 944 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY EAST TO ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. * A RIP CURRENT RISK...MODERATE RISK. * SURF HEIGHT...WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE AND ANY ONE ENTERING THE WATER COULD RISK BEING SWEPT OUT INTO OPEN WATER IN STRONG CURRENTS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFE GUARDS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WHERE PRESENT. CONSIDER STAYING OUT OF THE WATER WHEN WAVES ARE PRESENT TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT. $$ 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 5:23 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 6 hr |
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.