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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 25, 2015, 4:20 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2015, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2015, 4:14 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
505 WHUS41 KCLE 250820 CFWCLE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 420 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 2015 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-251630- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0011.150825T0820Z-150826T0000Z/ LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 420 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A HIGH SWIMMING RISK WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE BEACHES ON LAKE ERIE FROM WILLOWICK OHIO TO RIPLEY NEW YORK. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
526 WHUS41 KCLE 251356 CFWCLE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 956 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 2015 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-252200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-150826T0000Z/ LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 956 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE BEACHES ON LAKE ERIE FROM WILLOWICK OHIO TO RIPLEY NEW YORK. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIMMING RISK EXISTS TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND OR WAVES WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS INCLUDING THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER. && $$
928 WHUS41 KCLE 252014 CFWCLE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 414 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 2015 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-252115- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-150826T0000Z/ LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 414 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. WAVES WILL GENERALLY BE 2 TO 4 FEET. A MODERATE RISK OF SWIMMING HAZARDS IMPLIES THAT LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM AREAS LIKE PIERS, BREAKWALLS, AND RIVER MOUTHS WHERE DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE. ALWAYS HAVE A FLOTATION DEVICE WITH YOU IN THE WATER. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 93 min |
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.