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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 31, 2016Erie County, Pennsylvania; 7 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 31, 2016, 5:34 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; 7 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Aug 31, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 31, 2016, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 31, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 2, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 825 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

534 
WHUS41 KCLE 312134
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
534 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016

OHZ009>012-089-010545-
/O.CAN.KCLE.RP.S.0001.160901T0100Z-160902T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0016.160901T0100Z-160902T0800Z/
ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
534 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OFF...ERIE...LORAIN...CUYAHOGA...LAKE AND
  ASHTABULA  COUNTIES.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH SWIMMING RISK

* HAZARDS...TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF SWIMMING HAZARDS MEANS THAT 
  LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING 
  RIP CURRENTS. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING. STAY OUT OF THE 
  WATER...EVEN IF YOU ARE A GOOD SWIMMER. 

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.

&&

$$

6 follow-up statements

873 
WHUS41 KCLE 010117
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
917 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016


OHZ009>012-089-010930-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
917 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OFF...ERIE...LORAIN...CUYAHOGA...LAKE AND 
  ASHTABULA COUNTIES. 

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH SWIMMING RISK

* HAZARDS...TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF SWIMMING HAZARDS MEANS THAT 
  LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING 
  RIP CURRENTS. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING. STAY OUT OF THE 
  WATER...EVEN IF YOU ARE A GOOD SWIMMER. 

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.

&&

$$

440 
WHUS41 KCLE 010823
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
423 AM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

OHZ009>012-089-011630-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
423 AM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF...ERIE...LORAIN...
  CUYAHOGA...LAKE AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FROM HIGH
  WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS INCLUDING RIP 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.

&&

$$

510 
WHUS41 KCLE 011431
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1031 AM EDT THU SEP 1 2016


OHZ009>012-089-012245-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
1031 AM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF ERIE...LORAIN...CUYAHOGA...
  LAKE AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FROM HIGH 
  WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS INCLUDING RIP 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.

&&

$$

377 
WHUS41 KCLE 012013
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
413 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016


PAZ001-020415-
/O.EXB.KCLE.BH.S.0016.160902T0100Z-160902T0800Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
413 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EDT FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OFF OF ERIE.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...TONIGHT.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FROM HIGH 
  WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS INCLUDING RIP 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.

&&

$$

OHZ003-007-020415-
/O.EXA.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-
413 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF LUCAS AND OTTAWA COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FROM HIGH 
  WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS INCLUDING RIP 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.

&&

$$

OHZ009>012-089-020415-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
413 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF ERIE...LORAIN...CUYAHOGA... 
  LAKE AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FROM HIGH 
  WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS INCLUDING RIP 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.

&&

$$

731 
WHUS41 KCLE 020132
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
932 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016


OHZ003-007-009>012-089-020800-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
932 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF ERIE...LORAIN...CUYAHOGA... 
  LAKE AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES. 

* HAZARDS...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CREATE HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FROM HIGH 
  WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN SWIMMING RISKS CAN
CREATE LIFE- THREATENING CONDITIONS EVEN FOR GOOD SWIMMERS. FOLLOW
THE INSTRUCTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER.

&&

$$

PAZ001-020800-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
932 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OFF OF ERIE.

* HAZARDS...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CREATE HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...TONIGHT.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FROM HIGH 
  WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN SWIMMING RISKS CAN
CREATE LIFE- THREATENING CONDITIONS EVEN FOR GOOD SWIMMERS. FOLLOW
THE INSTRUCTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR STAY OUT OF THE WATER.

&&

$$

905 
WHUS41 KCLE 020819
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
419 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016

OHZ003-007-021400-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0017.160902T0819Z-160902T1400Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-
419 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING... 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS EXTENDED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT WHICH IS IN NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM THIS
MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF LUCAS AND OTTAWA COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...WINDS AND WAVES WILL CREATE HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FROM HIGH 
  WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS INCLUDING RIP 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.

&&

$$

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-021630-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-160902T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0017.160902T0819Z-160902T2300Z/
ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
419 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS EXTENDED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT WHICH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF ERIE...LORAIN...CUYAHOGA...
  LAKE... ASHTABULA AND ERIE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CREATE HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM TODAY.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FROM HIGH 
  WAVES AND STRONG CURRENTS INCLUDING RIP 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 31, 10:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie	2 hr
Aug 31, 3:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie	113 min
Aug 31, 9:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		23 min
Aug 31, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		33 min
Aug 31, 4:21 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain	73 min
Aug 31, 4:24 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		36 hr

Nearby

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