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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 25, 2019Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 25, 2019, 9:54 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jun 25, 2019, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2019, 9:54 AM EDT (13:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 25, 2019, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 25, 2019, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

County Erie County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:53 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 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 12:00Z on 2019-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 133 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2019-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

945 
WHUS41 KCLE 251354
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
954 AM EDT Tue Jun 25 2019

PAZ001-252200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0007.190625T1400Z-190625T2200Z/
Northern Erie-
954 AM EDT Tue Jun 25 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement, which is in effect until 6 PM EDT this
evening.

* LOCATIONS...The beaches of Erie County, Pennsylvania.

* TIMING...Until 6 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.

&&

$$

Sefcovic
2 follow-up statements
792 
WHUS41 KCLE 251945
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
345 PM EDT Tue Jun 25 2019

PAZ001-252200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-190625T2200Z/
Northern Erie-
345 PM EDT Tue Jun 25 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...Northern Erie.

* TIMING...Until 6 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.

&&

$$
534 
WHUS41 KCLE 252202
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
602 PM EDT Tue Jun 25 2019

PAZ001-252315-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-190625T2200Z/
Northern Erie-
602 PM EDT Tue Jun 25 2019

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

Wind and waves have subsided and the swimming risk has been
reduced. Therefore the Beach Hazards Statement has been allowed to
expire.

$$

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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.