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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 14, 2019Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 14, 2019, 3:36 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 2019, 3:36 AM EDT (07:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2019, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
17 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 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 7.6 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 00:00Z on 2019-09-14Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2019-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 248 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
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

238 
WHUS41 KCLE 140736
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
336 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019

OHZ089-PAZ001-141545-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0019.190914T0736Z-190914T2000Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
336 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement, which is in effect through this afternoon.

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

* TIMING...Through 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
032 
WHUS41 KCLE 141344
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
944 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019



OHZ089-PAZ001-142000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-190914T2000Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
944 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

&&

$$
571 
WHUS41 KCLE 141939
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
339 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019


OHZ089-PAZ001-150100-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-190915T0100Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
339 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* TIMING...Until 9 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.

&&

$$
318 
WHUS41 KCLE 150112
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
912 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019

OHZ089-PAZ001-150215-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-190915T0100Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
912 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

Wind and waves have begun to subside and therefore the swim risk
is low. The Beach Hazards Statement has been allowed to expire.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie38 min
Sep 13, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie33 min
Sep 13, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake42 min
Sep 13, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga45 min
Sep 13, 8:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMorrow, Richland43 min
Sep 13, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake49 min
Sep 13, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull40 min
Sep 13, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Morrow, Richland49 min
Sep 13, 9:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECuyahoga3 hr
Sep 13, 9:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull38 min
Sep 13, 9:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE90 min
Sep 13, 9:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMedina, Wayne40 min
Sep 13, 10:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshtabula, Geauga4 hr
Sep 13, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLETrumbull44 min
Sep 13, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull32 min
Sep 13, 11:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning, Trumbull64 min
Sep 14, 12:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning, Trumbull57 min
Sep 14, 1:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning, Trumbull4 hr
Sep 14, 1:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLETrumbull3 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.