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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 3, 2015Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 3, 2015, 4:09 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2015, 4:09 AM EDT (08:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
16 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 08:13 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, 8.2 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 2015-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 652 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 2015-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

043 
WHUS41 KCLE 030809
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
409 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-031615-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0009.150803T0809Z-150803T2000Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
409 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A HIGH SWIMMING RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH 4 PM MONDAY.

* LOCATION...FROM WILLOWICK EAST 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
649 
WHUS41 KCLE 031415
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1015 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015


OHZ012-089-PAZ001-032000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150803T2000Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
1015 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH 4 PM TODAY.

* LOCATION...FROM WILLOWICK EAST 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.

&&

$$
158 
WHUS41 KCLE 032002
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
402 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015


OHZ012-032115-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150803T2000Z/
LAKE-
402 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. THE
SWIMMING RISK WILL WILL BE MODERATE AND PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE
TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE WATER.

$$

OHZ089-PAZ001-040000-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150804T0000Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
402 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH 8 PM TODAY.

* LOCATION...FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE EAST 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 12:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE63 min
Aug 3, 1:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood59 min
Aug 3, 1:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE94 min
Aug 3, 1:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Hancock, Huron, Lake and 5 more55 min
Aug 3, 2:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot53 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.