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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 20, 20194 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at May 20, 2019, 3:47 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 20, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2019, 3:47 AM EDT (07:47 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 21, 2019, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
16 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 07:48 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 00:00Z, 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 00:00Z on 2019-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2019-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

355 
WHUS41 KCLE 200747
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
347 AM EDT Mon May 20 2019

.West winds 15 to 25 knots with higher gusts will produce waves
reaching as high as 5 to 7 feet resulting in unsafe conditions at
area beaches.

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-201600-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0001.190520T1200Z-190521T0400Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
347 AM EDT Mon May 20 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 8 AM EDT this morning
through this evening.

* LOCATIONS...From Lorain County east to Erie County  
  Pennsylvania.

* TIMING...Today through 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
725 
WHUS41 KCLE 201338
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
938 AM EDT Mon May 20 2019

.West winds 15 to 25 knots with higher gusts will produce waves
reaching as high as 5 to 7 feet resulting in unsafe conditions at
area beaches.

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-202145-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-190521T0400Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
938 AM EDT Mon May 20 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...From Lorain County east to Erie County 
  Pennsylvania.

* TIMING...Today through 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.

&&

$$
321 
WHUS41 KCLE 202056
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
456 PM EDT Mon May 20 2019

.West winds 15 to 20 knots with higher gusts will produce waves
reaching as high as 5 to 7 feet resulting in unsafe conditions at
area beaches.

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-210400-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-190521T0400Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
456 PM EDT Mon May 20 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...From Lorain County east to Erie County 
  Pennsylvania.

* TIMING...through 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.

&&

$$
991 
WHUS41 KCLE 210402
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1202 AM EDT Tue May 21 2019

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-210515-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-190521T0400Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
1202 AM EDT Tue May 21 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...


Winds and waves have decreased allowing the beach hazards to
expire.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 9:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Seneca, Wyandot57 min

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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.