Alert archive / Ohio / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
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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, 8.4 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 9:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 23 min | |
| Aug 31, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 33 min | |
| Aug 31, 4:24 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 36 hr | |
| Aug 31, 5:34 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more | 34 hr |
Nearby
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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.