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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot | 57 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2019Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2019Every beach hazards statement in 2019
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.