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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 26, 20194 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 26, 2019, 3:53 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 26, 2019, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2019, 3:53 AM EDT (07:53 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 26, 2019, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 26, 2019, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2019-09-26Temperature 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 2019-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

259 
WHUS41 KCLE 260753
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
353 AM EDT Thu Sep 26 2019

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-261600-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0021.190926T0800Z-190927T0200Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
353 AM EDT Thu Sep 26 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...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie. In Ohio, Lorain, 
  Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore.

* TIMING...Through 10 PM 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
774 
WHUS41 KCLE 261347
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
947 AM EDT Thu Sep 26 2019


OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-262200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-190927T0200Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
947 AM EDT Thu Sep 26 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

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

&&

$$
840 
WHUS41 KCLE 261946
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
346 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2019


OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-270200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-190927T0200Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
346 PM EDT Thu Sep 26 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* 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.

&&

$$

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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.