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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 31, 2019, 9:52 AM EDT for 8 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2019, 9:52 AM EDT (13:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2019, 10:00 PM 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, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
580 WHUS41 KCLE 311352 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 952 AM EDT Sat Aug 31 2019 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-312000- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0016.190831T1352Z-190831T2000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 952 AM EDT Sat Aug 31 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect until 4 PM EDT this afternoon. * LOCATIONS...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie. In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore. * TIMING...Until 4 PM EDT this afternoon. * 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. && $$ OHZ003-007>011-312200- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0016.190831T1352Z-190901T0200Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 952 AM EDT Sat Aug 31 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect through this evening. * LOCATIONS...Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga. * TIMING...Through this evening. * BEACH HAZARDS...High swimming risk from waves and dangerous currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when swimming risks exist from a combination of wind and large waves including rip currents and longshore currents. These swimming risks can create life- threatening conditions even for good swimmers. Follow the instruction of local authorities or stay out of the water. && $$
2 follow-up statements
046 WHUS41 KCLE 312006 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 406 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2019 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-312115- /O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-190831T2000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 406 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... Waves have begun to subside but will remain high enough to produce moderate swimming risks through the evening. $$ OHZ003-007>011-010200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-190901T0200Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 406 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Beaches across Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga counties. * TIMING...Through this evening. * BEACH HAZARDS...High swimming risk from waves and dangerous currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when swimming risks exist from a combination of wind and large waves including rip currents and longshore currents. These swimming risks can create life- threatening conditions even for good swimmers. Follow the instruction of local authorities or stay out of the water. && $$
851 WHUS41 KCLE 010150 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 950 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2019 OHZ003-007>011-010300- /O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-190901T0200Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 950 PM EDT Sat Aug 31 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... Waves have begun to subside, but will remain high enough to produce a moderate swim risk for the remainder of tonight. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 9:54 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 12 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.