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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 28, 20184 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

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.

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 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 12:00Z on 2018-09-28Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2018-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 3:50 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE12 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.