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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 15, 2017Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio

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

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2017-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 10:30 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE5 hr

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.