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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 15, 2017, 9:55 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2017, 9:55 AM EDT (13:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2017, 3:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 14:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
267 WHUS41 KCLE 151355 CFWCLE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 955 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 2017 OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-152200- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0012.170715T1355Z-170716T0000Z/ CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 955 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 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...FROM CUYAHOGA COUNTY EAST TO ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR TODAY DUE TO THE WAVES BEING 3 TO 5 FEET. 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. && $$ LOMBARDY
1 follow-up statement
913 WHUS41 KCLE 151943 CFWCLE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 343 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2017 OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-152045- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170716T0000Z/ CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- 343 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED ENOUGH TO REDUCE THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS. THEREFORE, THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. KEEP IN MIND THAT ANY TIME WAVES ARE PRESENT, THERE IS ALWAYS A RISK THAT SMALL RIP CURRENTS ARE PRESENT. $$ LOMBARDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 10:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 5 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.