Alert archive / Ohio / Beach Hazards Statements in 2015

Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 30, 2015Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 30, 2015, 5:22 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio. It took effect at Jul 30, 2015, 9:20 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2015, 5:22 AM EDT (09:22 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 30, 2015, 9:20 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 31, 2015, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
18 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 09:24 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, 9.4 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 2015-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 310 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

635 
WHUS41 KCLE 300922
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
522 AM EDT THU JUL 30 2015

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-301730-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0007.150730T1400Z-150731T0700Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
522 AM EDT THU JUL 30 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...10 AM THROUGH 3 AM FRIDAY.

* LOCATION...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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
463 
WHUS41 KCLE 301320
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
920 AM EDT THU JUL 30 2015


OHZ012-089-PAZ001-302130-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0007.150730T1320Z-150731T0700Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
920 AM EDT THU JUL 30 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...10 AM THROUGH 3 AM FRIDAY.

* LOCATION...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 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.

&&

$$
471 
WHUS41 KCLE 301942
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
342 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015


OHZ012-089-PAZ001-310345-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150731T0700Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
342 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH 3 AM FRIDAY.

* LOCATION...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 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.

&&

$$
339 
WHUS41 KCLE 310225
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1025 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-310700-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150731T0700Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
1025 PM EDT THU JUL 30 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH 3 AM FRIDAY.

* LOCATION...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 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 4:23 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE23 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.