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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 29, 2018, 3:11 PM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Aug 29, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2018, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 29, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2018, 9:48 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
842 WHUS41 KCLE 291911 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 311 PM EDT Wed Aug 29 2018 ...Dangerous beach conditions tonight through noon Thursday... .North winds will bring 3 to 5 foot waves and dangerous beach conditions to most northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania beaches. OHZ007>012-089-PAZ001-300315- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0012.180830T0200Z-180830T1600Z/ Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- Northern Erie- 311 PM EDT Wed Aug 29 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 10 PM EDT this evening through Thursday morning. * LOCATIONS...Beaches from Ottawa county east including Erie county Pennsylvania. * TIMING...From late this evening through noon Thursday. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
793 WHUS41 KCLE 300132 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 932 PM EDT Wed Aug 29 2018 ...Dangerous beach conditions tonight through noon Thursday... .North winds will bring 3 to 5 foot waves and dangerous beach conditions to most northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania beaches. OHZ007>012-089-PAZ001-300945- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.180830T0200Z-180830T1600Z/ Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- Northern Erie- 932 PM EDT Wed Aug 29 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...Beaches from Ottawa county east including Erie county Pennsylvania. * TIMING...From late this evening through noon Thursday. * IMPACTS...High swimming risk from waves and dangerous currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when swimming risks exist from a combination of wind and large waves including rip currents and longshore currents. These swimming risks can create life- threatening conditions even for good swimmers. Follow the instruction of local authorities or stay out of the water. && $$
388 WHUS41 KCLE 300759 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 359 AM EDT Thu Aug 30 2018 OHZ007-008-PAZ001-300900- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180830T1600Z/ Ottawa-Sandusky-Northern Erie- 359 AM EDT Thu Aug 30 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. $$ OHZ009>012-089-301400- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180830T1400Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 359 AM EDT Thu Aug 30 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...Beaches from Erie County eastward to Ashtabula County. * TIMING...through 10 am. * IMPACTS...High swimming risk from waves and dangerous currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when swimming risks exist from a combination of wind and large waves including rip currents and longshore currents. These swimming risks can create life- threatening conditions even for good swimmers. Follow the instruction of local authorities or stay out of the water. && $$
266 WHUS41 KCLE 301348 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 948 AM EDT Thu Aug 30 2018 OHZ009>012-089-301500- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180830T1400Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 948 AM EDT Thu Aug 30 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. Waves no longer pose a high risk to swimmers however north winds will continue a moderate risk into early afternoon at northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania beaches. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2:21 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 19 hr | |
| Aug 29, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 90 min | |
| Aug 29, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Cuyahoga, Huron | 85 min |
| Aug 29, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit | 38 min |
| Aug 29, 3:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lake | 88 min |
| Aug 29, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes, Mahoning, Stark | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford | 88 min |
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.