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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 22, 2016Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 22, 2016, 3:44 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 22, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2016, 3:44 AM EDT (07:44 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 22, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 22, 2016, 3:12 PM EDT
In force
7 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 07:45 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

896 
WHUS41 KCLE 220744
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
344 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016


OHZ089-PAZ001-221545-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0013.160722T1200Z-160723T0200Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
344 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...8 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 10 PM 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
046 
WHUS41 KCLE 221350
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
950 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016


OHZ089-PAZ001-222200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-160723T0200Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
950 AM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016

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

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH 10 PM 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.

&&

$$
264 
WHUS41 KCLE 221912
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
312 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016


OHZ089-PAZ001-222015-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-160723T0200Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
312 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

HOWEVER MODERATE RISK CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH
WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 3:44 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE11 hr
Jul 22, 8:10 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshtabula2 hr
Jul 22, 9:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull51 min
Jul 22, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEPortage, Trumbull36 min
Jul 22, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit50 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.