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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 25, 2018, 3:50 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 26, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2018, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 26, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2018, 9:55 PM 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, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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, 7.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
634 WHUS41 KCLE 251950 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 350 PM EDT Tue Sep 25 2018 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-260400- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0015.180926T1400Z-180927T0200Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 350 PM EDT Tue Sep 25 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. * LOCATIONS...The beaches of Lake and Ashtabula Counties in Ohio and Erie County in Pennsylvania. * TIMING... From 10 AM to 10 PM EDT Wednesday * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WHUS41 KCLE 260213 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1013 PM EDT Tue Sep 25 2018 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-261015- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.180926T1400Z-180927T0200Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 1013 PM EDT Tue Sep 25 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The beaches of Lake and Ashtabula Counties in Ohio and Erie County in Pennsylvania. * TIMING... From 10 AM to 10 PM EDT Wednesday * IMPACTS...High swimming risk from waves and dangerous currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when swimming risks exist from a combination of wind and large waves including rip currents and longshore currents. These swimming risks can create life- threatening conditions even for good swimmers. Follow the instruction of local authorities or stay out of the water. && $$
639 WHUS41 KCLE 260808 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 408 AM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018 OHZ009>011-261615- /O.EXA.KCLE.BH.S.0015.180926T1400Z-180927T0200Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 408 AM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 10 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * LOCATIONS...The beaches from Erie County Ohio east to Cuyahoga County. * TIMING... From 10 AM to 10 PM EDT Wednesday * IMPACTS...High swimming risk from waves and dangerous currents. $$ OHZ012-089-PAZ001-261615- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.180926T1400Z-180927T0200Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 408 AM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The beaches of Lake and Ashtabula Counties in Ohio and Erie County in Pennsylvania. * TIMING... From 10 AM to 10 PM EDT Wednesday * IMPACTS...High swimming risk from waves and dangerous currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when swimming risks exist from a combination of wind and large waves including rip currents and longshore currents. These swimming risks can create life- threatening conditions even for good swimmers. Follow the instruction of local authorities or stay out of the water. && $$
529 WHUS41 KCLE 261338 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 938 AM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018 OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-262145- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.180926T1400Z-180927T0200Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 938 AM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The beaches of Lake and Ashtabula Counties in Ohio and Erie County in Pennsylvania. * TIMING... Through 10 PM EDT 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. && $$
342 WHUS41 KCLE 261943 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 343 PM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018 OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-270200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-180927T0200Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 343 PM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The beaches of Lake and Ashtabula Counties in Ohio and Erie County in Pennsylvania. * TIMING... Through 10 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...High swimming risk from waves and dangerous currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when swimming risks exist from a combination of wind and large waves including rip currents and longshore currents. These swimming risks can create life- threatening conditions even for good swimmers. Follow the instruction of local authorities or stay out of the water. && $$
620 WHUS41 KCLE 270155 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 955 PM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018 OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-270300- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-180927T0200Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 955 PM EDT Wed Sep 26 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. Waves of 2 to 4 feet will continue to decrease overnight, thus the High Swimming Risk has ended. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 10:02 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 4 hr | |
| Sep 25, 10:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 23 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:49 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 30 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2018Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2018Every beach hazards statement in 2018
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.