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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 21, 2015Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 21, 2015, 4:07 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 21, 2015, 4:07 AM EDT (08:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2015, 3:33 PM EDT
In force
11 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 08:11 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, 8.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2015-08-21Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2015-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 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.

632 
WHUS41 KCLE 210807
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
407 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2015

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-211400-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0010.150821T0807Z-150821T1400Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
407 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A HIGH SWIMMING RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH 10 AM TODAY.

* LOCATION...FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY BEACHES TO RIPLEY NEW YORK
  INCLUDING ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE BEACHES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR 
  FROM CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SWIMMING RISK EXISTS TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND OR WAVES
WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS
INCLUDING THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION OF
LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
200 
WHUS41 KCLE 211304
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
904 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2015


OHZ011-012-211415-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150821T1400Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
904 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT. 

WINDS AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY.
THERE REMAINS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR CUYAHOGA AND
LAKE COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

$$

OHZ089-PAZ001-212000-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150821T2000Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
904 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH 10 AM TODAY.

* LOCATION...FROM ASHTABULA COUNTY BEACHES TO RIPLEY NEW YORK
  INCLUDING ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE BEACHES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR 
  FROM CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SWIMMING RISK EXISTS TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND OR WAVES
WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS
INCLUDING THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION OF
LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER.

&&

$$
896 
WHUS41 KCLE 211933
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
333 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2015


OHZ089-PAZ001-212045-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150821T2000Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
333 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT. 

WINDS AND WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS AREA BEACHES REDUCING THE
RIP CURRENT RISK.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 10:02 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE6 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2015Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2015Every beach hazards statement in 2015

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.