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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 11, 2016Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 11, 2016, 10:37 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2016, 10:37 AM EDT (14:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
8 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 14:37 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, 2.6 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 2016-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 373 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
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

026 
WHUS41 KCLE 111437
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1037 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2016

PAZ001-112000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0004.160611T1437Z-160611T2000Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
1037 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* 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
665 
WHUS41 KCLE 111950
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
350 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2016

PAZ001-112300-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160611T2300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
350 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW 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.

&&

$$
994 
WHUS41 KCLE 112305
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
705 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2016


PAZ001-120015-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160611T2300Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
705 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS AND WAVES NOLONGER POSE A HIGH RISK TO SWIMMERS.

&&



$$

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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.