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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 28, 2016Erie County, Pennsylvania; 4 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 28, 2016, 4:54 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2016, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2016, 4:02 AM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2016-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2016-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

661 
WHUS41 KCLE 282054
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
454 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...NORTH WINDS CAUSING ROUGH SURF FOR SWIMMERS...


OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-290500-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0007.160628T2054Z-160629T1000Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
454 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL CAUSE WAVES TO REACH 3 TO 5
FEET THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT CAUSING A HIGH RISK OF SWIMMING
HAZARDS.

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
386 
WHUS41 KCLE 290143
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
943 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...NORTH WINDS CAUSING ROUGH SURF FOR SWIMMERS...

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-290945-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160629T1000Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
943 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL CAUSE WAVES TO REACH 3 TO 5
FEET OVERNIGHT CAUSING A HIGH RISK OF SWIMMING HAZARDS.

$$
440 
WHUS41 KCLE 290802
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
402 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-290915-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-160629T1000Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
402 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

BEACH HAZARDS RISK IS LOW NOW WITH WAVES OF 1 TO 3 FEET.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 9:12 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE19 hr

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.