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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 18, 2016Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 18, 2016, 3:47 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2016, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2016, 9:59 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1403 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

As transmitted.

855 
WHUS41 KCLE 181947
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
347 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016


OHZ089-PAZ001-190200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0012.160718T1947Z-160719T0200Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
347 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK

* TIMING...THROUGH 10PM THIS EVENING

* LOCATION...BEACHES OFF 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
004 
WHUS41 KCLE 190159
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
959 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016


OHZ089-PAZ001-190300-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-160719T0200Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
959 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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


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
Jul 18, 4:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas28 min
Jul 18, 4:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 18, 4:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood44 min
Jul 18, 4:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky42 min
Jul 18, 4:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa33 min
Jul 18, 4:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Seneca, Wyandot42 min
Jul 18, 5:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron41 min
Jul 18, 5:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain56 min
Jul 18, 6:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain20 min
Jul 18, 3:44 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE6 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2016Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 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.