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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 6, 2016Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 6, 2016, 10:14 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2016, 10:14 AM EDT (14:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2016, 4:03 PM EDT
In force
6 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 14:11 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, 2.2 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

632 
WHUS41 KCLE 061414
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1014 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-062000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0001.160606T1414Z-160606T2000Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
1014 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...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 THIS AFTERNOON.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...EXPOSED LAKE ERIE BEACHES IN LAKE...ASHTABULA AND
  ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN SWIMMING RISKS EXIST
FROM A COMBINATION OF WIND AND LARGE WAVES INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS
AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. THESE SWIMMING RISKS CAN CREATE LIFE-
THREATENING CONDITIONS EVEN FOR GOOD SWIMMERS. FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
160 
WHUS41 KCLE 062003
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
403 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-062115-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160606T2000Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
403 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN SWIMMING RISKS EXIST
FROM A COMBINATION OF WIND AND LARGE WAVES INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS
AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. THESE SWIMMING RISKS CAN CREATE LIFE-
THREATENING CONDITIONS EVEN FOR GOOD SWIMMERS. 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
Jun 6, 4:04 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE54 hr
Jun 6, 6:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLETrumbull35 min
Jun 6, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Lucas, Marion and 6 more119 min
Jun 6, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake, Lorain and 3 more117 min

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2016Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016

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.