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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 18, 2017Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 18, 2017, 4:09 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Aug 18, 2017, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2017, 4:09 AM EDT (08:09 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 18, 2017, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 18, 2017, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
11 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 08:10 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, 8.2 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 2017-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 165 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 00:00Z on 2017-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
165 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

361 
WHUS41 KCLE 180809
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
409 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-181615-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0016.170818T1500Z-170819T0800Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
409 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

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

* TIMING...FROM 11 AM THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK FROM WAVES AND DANGEROUS 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
835 
WHUS41 KCLE 181321
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
921 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-182130-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.170818T1500Z-170819T0800Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
921 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

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

* TIMING...FROM 11 AM THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK FROM WAVES AND DANGEROUS 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.

&&

$$
657 
WHUS41 KCLE 181949
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
349 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-190400-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-170819T0800Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
349 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

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

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK FROM WAVES AND DANGEROUS 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.

&&

$$
103 
WHUS41 KCLE 190200
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1000 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-190300-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-170819T0800Z/
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
1000 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

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

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ENOUGH TO ALLOW WAVES TO SUBSIDE TO BELOW 4
FEET. THEREFORE, THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS SUBSIDED.


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 4:07 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE18 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.