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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 31, 20165 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this rip current statement at Aug 31, 2016, 4:21 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Aug 31, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2016, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 31, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 31, 2016, 5:34 PM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2016-08-31Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2016-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

338 
WHUS41 KCLE 312021
CFWCLE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
421 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016


OHZ009>012-089-010430-
/O.NEW.KCLE.RP.S.0001.160901T0100Z-160902T0800Z/
ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
421 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OFF...ERIE...LORAIN...CUYAHOGA...LAKE AND
  ASHTABULA COUNTIES. 

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH SWIMMING RISK

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

*  POTENTIAL IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF SWIMMING HAZARDS MEANS THAT
   LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING
   RIP CURRENTS. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING. STAY OUT OF THE
   WATER...EVEN IF YOU ARE A GOOD SWIMMER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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


&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
534 
WHUS41 KCLE 312134
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
534 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016

OHZ009>012-089-010545-
/O.CAN.KCLE.RP.S.0001.160901T0100Z-160902T0800Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0016.160901T0100Z-160902T0800Z/
ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
534 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OFF...ERIE...LORAIN...CUYAHOGA...LAKE AND
  ASHTABULA  COUNTIES.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH SWIMMING RISK

* HAZARDS...TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF SWIMMING HAZARDS MEANS THAT 
  LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...INCLUDING 
  RIP CURRENTS. CONDITIONS ARE LIFE THREATENING. STAY OUT OF THE 
  WATER...EVEN IF YOU ARE A GOOD SWIMMER. 

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 9:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE23 min
Aug 31, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE33 min
Aug 31, 4:24 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE36 hr
Aug 31, 5:34 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more34 hr

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Ohio, 2016Every rip current 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.