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Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 3, 2019Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 3, 2019, 9:58 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 4, 2019, 4:11 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2019, 9:58 PM EDT (01:58 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 4, 2019, 4:11 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 4, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2019-09-04Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2019-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

014 
WHUS41 KCLE 040158
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
958 PM EDT Tue Sep 3 2019



OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-041000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0017.190904T0900Z-190904T1600Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
958 PM EDT Tue Sep 3 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT WEDNESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 5 AM EDT Wednesday
through Wednesday morning.

* LOCATIONS...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie. In Ohio, Cuyahoga, 
  Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore.

* TIMING...From 5 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
549 
WHUS41 KCLE 040811
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
411 AM EDT Wed Sep 4 2019


OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-041600-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0017.190904T0811Z-190904T1600Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
411 AM EDT Wed Sep 4 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY...

* LOCATIONS...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie. In Ohio, Lake, 
  Ashtabula Lakeshore and Cuyahoga.

* TIMING...Until noon EDT today.

* 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.

&&

$$
282 
WHUS41 KCLE 041617
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1217 PM EDT Wed Sep 4 2019

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-041730-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-190904T1600Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
1217 PM EDT Wed Sep 4 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

Waves have begun to subside, but will remain high enough to 
produce a moderate swim risk for the remainder of this afternoon.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 3:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE67 min
Sep 4, 3:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula67 min
Sep 4, 3:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula47 min

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.