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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 28, 2018, 3:49 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 28, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2018, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 28, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2018, 4:11 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
595 WHUS41 KCLE 281949 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 349 PM EDT Fri Sep 28 2018 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-290400- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0016.180929T0200Z-180929T1400Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 349 PM EDT Fri Sep 28 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 10 PM EDT this evening through Saturday morning. * LOCATIONS...Lake Erie beaches from Lorain County in Ohio east through Erie County in Pennsylvania. * TIMING...10 PM EDT this evening through 10 AM EDT Saturday morning. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
332 WHUS41 KCLE 290130 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 930 PM EDT Fri Sep 28 2018 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-290930- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.180929T0200Z-180929T1400Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 930 PM EDT Fri Sep 28 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...Lake Erie beaches from Lorain County in Ohio east through Erie County in Pennsylvania. * TIMING...Through 10 AM EDT Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...High swimming risk from waves and dangerous currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when swimming risks exist from a combination of wind and large waves including rip currents and longshore currents. These swimming risks can create life- threatening conditions even for good swimmers. Follow the instruction of local authorities or stay out of the water. && $$
932 WHUS41 KCLE 290811 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 411 AM EDT Sat Sep 29 2018 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-290915- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-180929T1400Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 411 AM EDT Sat Sep 29 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. Northwest winds have settled into the 5 to 15 knot range with waves of 1 to 3 feet this morning. A low swimming risk is forecast for today. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 3:50 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 12 hr |
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.