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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 23, 2019, 3:40 PM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Aug 23, 2019, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 2019, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 23, 2019, 10:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2019, 9:59 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
758 WHUS41 KCLE 231940 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 340 PM EDT Fri Aug 23 2019 .Northeast winds will increase to 15 to 20 mph at the lakeshore this evening and overnight. Waves will approach 4 feet creating dangerous swimming conditions. OHZ007-009>012-240345- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0013.190824T0200Z-190824T1400Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake- 340 PM EDT Fri Aug 23 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 10 PM EDT this evening through Saturday morning. * LOCATIONS...Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga and Lake. * TIMING...From 10 PM EDT this evening through Saturday morning. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
661 WHUS41 KCLE 240206 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1006 PM EDT Fri Aug 23 2019 .Northeast winds will increase to 15 to 20 mph at the lakeshore this evening and overnight. Waves will approach 4 feet creating dangerous swimming conditions. OHZ007-009>012-241015- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-190824T1400Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake- 1006 PM EDT Fri Aug 23 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...Erie, Lake, Lorain, Cuyahoga and Ottawa. * TIMING...Until 10 AM EDT Saturday. * BEACH HAZARDS...High swimming risk from waves and dangerous currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when swimming risks exist from a combination of wind and large waves including rip currents and longshore currents. These swimming risks can create life- threatening conditions even for good swimmers. Follow the instruction of local authorities or stay out of the water. && $$
027 WHUS41 KCLE 240737 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 337 AM EDT Sat Aug 24 2019 .Northeast winds will increase to 15 to 20 mph at the lakeshore this evening and overnight. Waves will approach 4 feet creating dangerous swimming conditions. OHZ089-PAZ001-241400- /O.EXA.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-190824T1400Z/ Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 337 AM EDT Sat Aug 24 2019 ...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...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie. In Ohio, Ashtabula Lakeshore. * TIMING...Until 10 AM EDT this morning. * 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. && $$ OHZ007-009>012-241545- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-190825T0200Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake- 337 AM EDT Sat Aug 24 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Lake, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Ottawa and Erie. * TIMING...Through this evening. * BEACH HAZARDS...High swimming risk from waves and dangerous currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when swimming risks exist from a combination of wind and large waves including rip currents and longshore currents. These swimming risks can create life- threatening conditions even for good swimmers. Follow the instruction of local authorities or stay out of the water. && $$
177 WHUS41 KCLE 241359 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 959 AM EDT Sat Aug 24 2019 OHZ007-009>012-242200- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-190825T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0014.190824T1400Z-190825T0200Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake- 959 AM EDT Sat Aug 24 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect through this evening. * LOCATIONS...Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga and Lake. * TIMING...Through 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. && $$ OHZ089-PAZ001-241500- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-190824T1400Z/ Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 959 AM EDT Sat Aug 24 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. Winds and waves no longer pose a high risk to swimmers. A moderate risk however, remains in place across the beaches of Ashtabula County Ohio. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 3:42 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 35 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.