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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 7, 2017Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 7, 2017, 9:45 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 8, 2017, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2017, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 8, 2017, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 8, 2017, 4:00 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 01:47 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, 1.8 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 2017-07-08Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
1718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

995 
WHUS41 KCLE 080145
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
945 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017


OHZ011-080945-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0011.170708T0800Z-170708T1600Z/
CUYAHOGA-
945 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EDT SATURDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EDT SATURDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY.

* TIMING...4 AM THROUGH NOON.

* SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...3 TO 5 FOOT WAVES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
  A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 

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.

&&

$$

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-080945-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0011.170708T0800Z-170708T2000Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
945 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EDT SATURDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EDT SATURDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES FROM LAKE COUNTY OHIO TO ERIE 
  COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. 

* TIMING...4 AM TO 4 PM.

* SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...3 TO 5 FOOT WAVES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
  A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 

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
037 
WHUS41 KCLE 080806
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
406 AM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017

OHZ011-080915-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170708T1600Z/
CUYAHOGA-
406 AM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

THE SWIMMING RISK IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE HIGH WITH WAVES OF 1
TO 3 FEET EXPECTED TODAY.

$$

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-081615-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170708T2000Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
406 AM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017

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

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES FROM LAKE COUNTY OHIO TO ERIE 
  COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.

* TIMING...4 AM TO 4 PM.

* SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...3 TO 5 FOOT WAVES WILL CONTRIBUTE 
  TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

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.

&&

$$
458 
WHUS41 KCLE 081411
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1011 AM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017

OHZ012-081515-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170708T2000Z/
LAKE-
1011 AM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF LAKE COUNTY.

WAVES WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 3 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WITH A LOW TO
MODERATE SWIMMING RISK THEREFORE THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS
CANCELLED. ALWAYS FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

$$

OHZ089-PAZ001-082000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170708T2000Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
1011 AM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO AND ERIE
  COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.

* TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM.

* SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH SWIMMING RISK DUE TO 3 TO 5
  FOOT WAVES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RIP CURRENTS.

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.

&&

$$
045 
WHUS41 KCLE 082010
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
410 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017

OHZ089-PAZ001-082115-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170708T2000Z/
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
410 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

WAVES WERE DIMINISHING ALONG LAKE ERIE BEACHES LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON. WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY 
EVENING BUT THE HIGH SWIMMING RISK HAS ENDED. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE34 min

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2017Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2017Every beach hazards statement in 2017

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.