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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 28, 2018Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 28, 2018, 4:06 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2018, 4:06 AM EDT (08:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2018, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2018-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2018-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

484 
WHUS41 KCLE 280806
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
406 AM EDT Thu Jun 28 2018


OHZ089-PAZ001-281400-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0007.180628T0806Z-180628T1400Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
406 AM EDT Thu Jun 28 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement, which is in effect until 10 AM EDT this
morning.

* LOCATIONS...beaches of Ashtabula County Ohio and Erie County
  Pennsylvania. 

* 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
905 
WHUS41 KCLE 281403
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1003 AM EDT Thu Jun 28 2018


OHZ089-PAZ001-281515-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-180628T1400Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
1003 AM EDT Thu Jun 28 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

Winds and waves have subsided, therefore the Beach Hazards
Statement has been allowed to expire.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 4:08 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE6 hr
Jun 28, 7:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie62 min

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.