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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 30, 2020Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at May 30, 2020, 9:53 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2020, 9:53 AM EDT (13:53 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
10 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 13:55 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 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 12:00Z on 2020-05-30Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2020-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 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
1141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

262 
WHUS41 KCLE 301353
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
953 AM EDT Sat May 30 2020

OHZ089-PAZ001-302200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0001.200530T1353Z-200531T0000Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
953 AM EDT Sat May 30 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...There is a high risk for rip currents through the
  afternoon.

* WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, 
  Ashtabula Lakeshore County.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Large wave action will cause currents to develop on
  the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can
  carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along 
  structures extending out into the lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
337 
WHUS41 KCLE 301932
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
332 PM EDT Sat May 30 2020

OHZ089-PAZ001-310000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200531T0000Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
332 PM EDT Sat May 30 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...There is a high risk for rip currents through the 
  afternoon.

* WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, 
  Ashtabula Lakeshore County.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Large wave action will cause currents to develop on 
  the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents 
  can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and 
  along structures extending out into the lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
646 
WHUS41 KCLE 310003
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
803 PM EDT Sat May 30 2020

OHZ089-PAZ001-310115-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200531T0000Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
803 PM EDT Sat May 30 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

Waves have subsided to two feet or less along the beaches of
Northeast Ohio and Northwest Pennsylvania. Therefore, the Beach
Hazards Statement has been allowed to expire.

$$

Sefcovic

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 9:55 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE10 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2020Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2020Every beach hazards statement in 2020

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.