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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 63 min | |
| Aug 3, 1:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 1:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 94 min | |
| Aug 3, 1:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Hancock, Huron, Lake and 5 more | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 2:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot | 53 min |
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.