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Beach Hazards Statement 24, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 28, 20175 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 28, 2017, 9:09 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 28, 2017, 10:29 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 2017, 9:09 AM EDT (13:09 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 28, 2017, 10:29 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 28, 2017, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2017-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -142 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

096 
WHUS41 KCLE 281309
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
909 AM EDT THU SEP 28 2017

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-281900-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0024.170928T1309Z-170928T1900Z/
ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
909 AM EDT THU SEP 28 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...THE SHORELINE FROM HURON COUNTY OHIO EAST THROUGH 
  ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.

* TIMING...UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
023 
WHUS41 KCLE 281430 CCA
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1030 AM EDT THU SEP 28 2017

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-281900-
/O.COR.KCLE.BH.S.0024.170928T1429Z-170928T1900Z/
ERIE-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
1030 AM EDT THU SEP 28 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...THE SHORELINE FROM ERIE COUNTY OHIO EAST THROUGH 
  ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.

* TIMING...UNTIL 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* 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 28, 1:32 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE13 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.