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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 10:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 12:32 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 9 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.