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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 9, 2019Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 9, 2019, 12:32 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2019, 12:32 PM EDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2019, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
9 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 16:29 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 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 12:00Z on 2019-08-09Temperature 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2019-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

371 
WHUS41 KCLE 091632
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1232 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

OHZ089-PAZ001-100045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0012.190809T1632Z-190810T0200Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
1232 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* LOCATIONS...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie. In Ohio, Ashtabula 
  Lakeshore.

* TIMING...Until 10 PM EDT this evening.

* BEACH HAZARDS...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
207 
WHUS41 KCLE 091949
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
349 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

OHZ089-PAZ001-100200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-190810T0200Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
349 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie. In Ohio, Ashtabula 
  Lakeshore.

* TIMING...Until 10 PM EDT this evening.

* BEACH HAZARDS...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.

&&

$$
271 
WHUS41 KCLE 100205
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1005 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

OHZ089-PAZ001-100315-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-190810T0200Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
1005 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

Winds have decreased enough to allow waves to decrease and reduce
the swimming risk. However, there is still a moderate risk of 
swimming hazards on Saturday.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 10:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEKnox, Morrow55 min
Aug 9, 12:32 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE9 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.