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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 9, 2016Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 9, 2016, 9:59 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

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

County Erie County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 145 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 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2016-06-09Temperature 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

656 
WHUS41 KCLE 091359
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
959 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2016


PAZ001-092200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0003.160609T1359Z-160609T2300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
959 AM EDT THU JUN 9 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.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...EXPOSED LAKE ERIE BEACHES ACROSS ERIE COUNTY
  PENNSYLVANIA.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FROM HIGH 
  WAVES AND 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
357 
WHUS41 KCLE 091952
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
352 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2016

PAZ001-092300-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160609T2300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
352 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2016

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

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...EXPOSED LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS FROM HIGH 
  WAVES AND 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.

&&

$$
811 
WHUS41 KCLE 092308
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
708 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2016


PAZ001-100015-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160609T2300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
708 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS AND WAVES HAVE DIMINISHED AND NO LONGER POSE A HIGH RISK TO
SWIMMERS.

&&

$$

Nearby

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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.