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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 25, 2015Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2015-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE93 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.