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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 9:55 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 10 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.