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Beach Hazards Statement 20, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 2, 2017Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 2, 2017, 9:37 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio. It took effect at Sep 3, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 2017, 9:37 PM EDT (01:37 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 3, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 3, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2017-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

061 
WHUS41 KCLE 030137
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
937 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2017

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-030945-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0020.170903T1400Z-170904T0100Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
937 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES IN LAKE AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES IN
  OHIO AND ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.

* TIMING...FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 9 PM SUNDAY.

* 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
337 
WHUS41 KCLE 030820
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
420 AM EDT SUN SEP 3 2017


OHZ012-089-PAZ001-031630-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0020.170903T1200Z-170904T0100Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
420 AM EDT SUN SEP 3 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES IN LAKE AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES 
  IN OHIO AND ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.

* TIMING...FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 9 PM SUNDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$
984 
WHUS41 KCLE 031339
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
939 AM EDT SUN SEP 3 2017


OHZ012-089-PAZ001-032145-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-170904T0100Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
939 AM EDT SUN SEP 3 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES IN LAKE AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES 
  IN OHIO AND ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.

* TIMING...FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 9 PM SUNDAY.

* 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.

&&

$$
256 
WHUS41 KCLE 032022
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
422 PM EDT SUN SEP 3 2017

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-040100-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-170904T0100Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
422 PM EDT SUN SEP 3 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ERIE BEACHES IN LAKE AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES 
  IN OHIO AND ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.

* TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING.

* 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 9:35 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE23 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.