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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 2, 20165 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 2, 2016, 9:59 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2016, 9:59 AM EDT (13:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:02 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2016-09-02Temperature 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 2016-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -82 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

976 
WHUS41 KCLE 021359
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
959 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016


OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-022200-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-160902T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0018.160902T1400Z-160902T2300Z/
ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
959 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT 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.

&&

$$

OHZ003-007-021500-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-160902T1400Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-
959 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS AND WAVES HAVE DIMINISHED ENDING THE HIGH RISK TO SWIMMERS
HOWEVER...WITH WINDS REMAINING OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20
KNOTS A MODERATE RISK TO SWIMMERS REMAINS INTO THE AFTERNOON.


&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
672 
WHUS41 KCLE 021941
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
341 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016


OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-022300-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-160902T2300Z/
ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
341 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* HAZARDS...WAVES OF 3 TO 4 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 4:14 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE15 hr
Sep 2, 4:19 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more6 hr
Sep 2, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE96 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.