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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 9, 2016Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 9, 2016, 4:19 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 9, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2016, 4:19 AM EDT (08:19 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 9, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 9, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 651 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

950 
WHUS41 KCLE 090819
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
419 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-091630-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0009.160709T1400Z-160710T0200Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
419 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A HIGH SWIMMING RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...10 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT.

* LOCATION...THE LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF CUYAHOGA... LAKE...
  ASHTABULA... AND ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.

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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
260 
WHUS41 KCLE 091358
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
958 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS WILL PRODUCE WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-092200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0009.160709T1400Z-160710T0200Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
958 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...10 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT.

* LOCATION...THE LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF CUYAHOGA... LAKE... 
  ASHTABULA... AND ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SWIMMING RISKS CAN CREATE LIFE- THREATENING CONDITIONS EVEN FOR
GOOD SWIMMERS. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.

&&

$$
373 
WHUS41 KCLE 091920
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
320 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 KNOTS AND WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-100200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-160710T0200Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
320 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK.

* TIMING...UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT.

* LOCATION...THE LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF CUYAHOGA... LAKE... 
  ASHTABULA... AND ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SWIMMING RISKS CAN CREATE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS EVEN FOR
GOOD SWIMMERS. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR STAY
OUT OF THE WATER.

&&

$$
394 
WHUS41 KCLE 100214
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1014 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-100315-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-160710T0200Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
1014 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

THE HIGH SWIMMING RISK HAS ENDED AS WINDS AND WAVES BEGIN TO
DIMINISH. SWIMMERS TONIGHT SHOULD USE CAUTION AS A MODERATE SWIM
RISK REMAINS FROM CLEVELAND EAST. WAVES WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 FEET
EARLY TONIGHT. DANGEROUS CURRENTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ALONG WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE91 min
Jul 8, 9:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE96 min
Jul 8, 11:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMedina39 min
Jul 8, 11:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit, Wayne36 min
Jul 9, 4:19 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE18 hr
Jul 8, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie58 min
Jul 8, 11:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie3 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.