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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 17, 20167 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 17, 2016, 3:54 AM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2016, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 9:31 AM EDT
In force
6 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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 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 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2016-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

775 
WHUS41 KCLE 170754
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
354 AM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

OHZ003-007-009>012-089-171600-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0006.160617T0754Z-160617T1800Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
354 AM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING ALONG THE LAKE
SHORE. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS
THIS MORNING AND WILL DIMINISH TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON.
THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS SHOULD
HELP TO END THE RIP CURRENT THREAT.

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.

&&

$$

LOMBARDY
1 follow-up statement
303 
WHUS41 KCLE 171331
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
931 AM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016


OHZ003-007-009>012-089-171445-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-160617T1800Z/
LUCAS-OTTAWA-ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
931 AM EDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED TO 2 TO 4 FEET WHICH HAS ENDED THE HIGH RISK
FOR RIP CURRENTS. WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE INTO THIS EVENING
AND REMAIN UNDER 2 FEET THIS WEEKEND.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 9:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshtabula, Trumbull4 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 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.