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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 20, 20174 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 20, 2017, 4:26 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2017, 4:26 AM EDT (08:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2017-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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 2017-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

803 
WHUS41 KCLE 200826
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
426 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017


OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-201630-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0004.170620T0826Z-170620T2000Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
426 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES FROM LORAIN COUNTY EAST TO ERIE COUNTY
  PENNSYLVANIA. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CREATE A
  HIGH RISK OF RIP 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
353 
WHUS41 KCLE 201321
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
921 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-202000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170620T2000Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
921 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES FROM LORAIN COUNTY EAST TO ERIE COUNTY 
  PENNSYLVANIA. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CREATE A 
  HIGH RISK OF RIP 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.

&&

$$
316 
WHUS41 KCLE 201904
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
304 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017

OHZ010-011-202015-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170620T2000Z/
LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-
304 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS IS DIMINISHING AS WAVES SUBSIDE.

&&

$$

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-210100-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170621T0100Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
304 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017

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

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES FROM LORAIN COUNTY EAST TO ERIE COUNTY 
  PENNSYLVANIA. 

* TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM.

* SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CREATE A 
  HIGH RISK OF RIP 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.

&&

$$
470 
WHUS41 KCLE 210104
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
904 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017


OHZ012-089-PAZ001-210215-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170621T0100Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
904 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS ALLOWING WAVES 
TO SUBSIDE TO 2 TO 4 FEET. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 KNOTS
OVERNIGHT AND WAVES WILL SUBSIDE TO 1 TO 3 FEET.


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 4:16 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE17 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.