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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 23, 2017Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 23, 2017, 10:07 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2017, 10:07 PM EDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2017, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
5 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 02:11 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, 2.1 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 2017-06-24Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2017-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

722 
WHUS41 KCLE 240207
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1007 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-240700-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170624T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0006.170624T0207Z-170624T0700Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
1007 PM EDT FRI JUN 23 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR HIGH SWIMMING RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT 
UNTIL 3 AM EDT SATURDAY. 

* HAZARDS...HIGH SWIMMING RISK DUE TO WAVES AND CURRENTS.

* TIMING...UNTIL 3 AM SATURDAY.

* LOCATION...THE LAKE ERIE BEACHES OF LAKE AND ASHTABULA COUNTY
  OHIO AND ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. 

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
324 
WHUS41 KCLE 240655
CFWCLE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
255 AM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-240800-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-170624T0700Z/
LAKE-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
255 AM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE RISK FOR HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS HAS ENDED AND THE STATEMENT
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 3 AM.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 10:06 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE5 hr
Jun 24, 2:17 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE8 hr
Jun 24, 4:44 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake5 hr
Jun 24, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga, Medina, Portage, Summit22 min

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.