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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 4, 2020, 3:50 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Aug 4, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2020, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 4, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2020, 1:39 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
847 WHUS41 KCLE 041950 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 350 PM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-050400- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0010.200805T0000Z-200805T0600Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 350 PM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 2 AM EDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
029 WHUS41 KCLE 050203 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1003 PM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-050600- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-200805T0600Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 1003 PM EDT Tue Aug 4 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 2 AM EDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
532 WHUS41 KCLE 050539 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 139 AM EDT Wed Aug 5 2020 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-050645- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-200805T0600Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 139 AM EDT Wed Aug 5 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Winds have diminished and waves have subsided enough to reduce the threat for rip currents. However, there is still a moderate risk for currents and swimmers are still urged to remain out of the water. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 5:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 89 min | |
| Aug 4, 11:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Knox | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Portage | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 3:49 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 10 hr | |
| Aug 4, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 37 min | |
| Aug 4, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 31 min | |
| Aug 4, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 91 min |
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.