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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 29, 2017Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 29, 2017, 9:38 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2017, 9:38 AM EDT (13:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

County Erie County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:42 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-06-29Temperature 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

678 
WHUS41 KCLE 291338
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
938 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2017

PAZ001-292145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0010.170629T1338Z-170630T0000Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
938 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE.

* TIMING...WAVES WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET TODAY AND THEN SUBSIDE
  THIS EVENING.

* SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP
  CURRENTS TODAY DUE TO THE LARGE WAVES.  

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
2 follow-up statements
059 
WHUS41 KCLE 291931
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
331 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2017

PAZ001-300000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-170630T0000Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
331 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE.

* TIMING...WAVES 3 TO 5 FEET SUBSIDING THIS EVENING.

* SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP
  CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LARGE WAVES.

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.

&&

$$
436 
WHUS41 KCLE 300008
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
808 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2017


PAZ001-300115-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-170630T0000Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-
808 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ALLOWED THE THE 
BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT TO EXPIRE. WAVES HAVE DECREASED ENOUGH TO
LESSEN THE RIP CURRENT RISK. 

$$

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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.