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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 31, 2015, 4:35 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 31, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2015, 4:35 AM EDT (08:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 31, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2015, 9:58 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
715 WHUS41 KCLE 310835 CFWCLE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 435 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 PAZ001-311645- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0008.150731T1800Z-150801T0600Z/ NORTHERN ERIE- 435 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A HIGH SWIMMING RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK. * TIMING...FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 2 AM TONIGHT. * LOCATION...FROM CONNEAUT OHIO TO RIPLEY NEW YORK INCLUDING ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
508 WHUS41 KCLE 311327 CFWCLE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 927 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 PAZ001-312130- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0008.150731T1800Z-150801T0600Z/ NORTHERN ERIE- 927 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK. * TIMING...FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 2 AM TONIGHT. * LOCATION...FROM CONNEAUT OHIO TO RIPLEY NEW YORK INCLUDING ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM CURRENTS AND HIGH WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIMMING RISK EXISTS TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND OR WAVES WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS INCLUDING THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER. && $$
833 WHUS41 KCLE 311948 CFWCLE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 348 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 PAZ001-010400- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ NORTHERN ERIE- 348 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... * HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK. * TIMING...FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 2 AM TONIGHT. * LOCATION...FROM CONNEAUT OHIO TO RIPLEY NEW YORK INCLUDING ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE. * 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. && $$
256 WHUS41 KCLE 010158 CFWCLE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 958 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 PAZ001-010300- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150801T0600Z/ NORTHERN ERIE- 958 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. THE HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS HAS ENDED AS WINDS AND WAVES SLOWLY DECREASE. HOWEVER WAVES WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE 2 TO 4 FOOT RANGE THROUGH THE NIGHT. STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS, BREAKWALLS, AND RIVER MOUTHS. ALWAYS HAVE A FLOTATION DEVICE WITH YOU IN THE THE WATER. $$
Nearby
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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.