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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 4, 2020Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2020-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 230 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2020-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 5:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE89 min
Aug 4, 11:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEKnox52 min
Aug 4, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEPortage47 min
Aug 4, 3:49 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE10 hr
Aug 4, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE37 min
Aug 4, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE31 min
Aug 4, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE91 min

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.