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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 4:07 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 18 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.