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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 13, 2020, 1:13 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2020, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2020, 3:54 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1384 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
885 WHUS41 KCLE 131713 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 113 PM EDT Thu Aug 13 2020 OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-140115- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0011.200813T1713Z-200814T0800Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 113 PM EDT Thu Aug 13 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
503 WHUS41 KCLE 131948 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 348 PM EDT Thu Aug 13 2020 OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-140400- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200814T0800Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 348 PM EDT Thu Aug 13 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake, Ashtabula Lakeshore, Lorain, Cuyahoga and Erie Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
545 WHUS41 KCLE 140155 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH Issued by National Weather Service Buffalo NY 955 PM EDT Thu Aug 13 2020 OHZ089-PAZ001-140300- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200814T0800Z/ Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 955 PM EDT Thu Aug 13 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Waves have subsided. $$ OHZ009>012-140800- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200814T0800Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake- 955 PM EDT Thu Aug 13 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lake, Lorain, Cuyahoga and Erie Counties. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
374 WHUS41 KCLE 140754 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH Issued by National Weather Service Buffalo NY 354 AM EDT Fri Aug 14 2020 OHZ009>012-140900- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200814T0800Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake- 354 AM EDT Fri Aug 14 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 1:07 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 15 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.