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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 15, 20155 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 15, 2015, 4:22 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2015, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2015, 6:50 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 12:00Z on 2015-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 71 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2015-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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.

253 
WHUS41 KCLE 152022
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
422 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-152300-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150715T2000Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0006.150715T2022Z-150715T2300Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
422 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS EXTENDED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...UNTIL 7 PM.

* LOCATION...FROM THE ISLANDS TO RIPLEY NY.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SWIMMING RISK EXISTS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. 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.

&&

$$

OHZ003-007-152130-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-150715T2000Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-
422 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS AND WAVES HAVE DECREASED SO THAT THERE IS NO LONGER A HIGH
RISK OF SWIMMING HAZARDS.

$$
1 follow-up statement
670 
WHUS41 KCLE 152250
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
650 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015


OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-160000-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-150715T2300Z/
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
650 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

WAVES ARE DIMINISHING SO THE SWIM RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS
HAS ENDED.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEGeauga4 hr
Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE3 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.