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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:14 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 15 hr | |
| Sep 2, 4:19 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 9:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 96 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.