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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 15, 2016Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 15, 2016, 4:13 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 15, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2016, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 15, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 15, 2016, 9:20 PM EDT
In force
11 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 08:14 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 2016-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 395 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 2016-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

477 
WHUS41 KCLE 150813
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
413 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-152000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0011.160715T1400Z-160716T0200Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
413 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A HIGH SWIMMING RISK FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF LAKE...ASHTABULA... AND ERIE
  COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.

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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
654 
WHUS41 KCLE 151359
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
959 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-152200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.160715T1400Z-160716T0200Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
959 AM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF LAKE...ASHTABULA... AND ERIE 
  COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. 

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.

&&

$$

LOMBARDY
775 
WHUS41 KCLE 151947
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
347 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-160200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-160716T0200Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
347 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF LAKE...ASHTABULA... AND ERIE 
  COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. 

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.

&&

$$

LOMBARDY
941 
WHUS41 KCLE 160120
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
920 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016


OHZ012-089-PAZ001-160230-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-160716T0200Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
920 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

NORTH WINDS WILL BE 5 TO 10 KNOTS OVERNIGHT WITH WAVES OF 1 TO 3
FEET. 

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 4:08 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE17 hr

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.