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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 26, 2020Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 26, 2020, 3:39 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Aug 27, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2020, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 27, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 27, 2020, 9:10 PM EDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2020-08-26Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2020-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
1697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

826 
WHUS41 KCLE 261939
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
339 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2020

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-270345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0013.200827T0400Z-200828T0400Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
339 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From midnight EDT tonight through Thursday evening.

* 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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
644 
WHUS41 KCLE 270148
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
948 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2020

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-271000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0013.200827T0400Z-200828T0400Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
948 PM EDT Wed Aug 26 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...Through Thursday evening.

* 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.

&&

$$
731 
WHUS41 KCLE 270745
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
345 AM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020

OHZ011-271545-
/O.EXB.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200827T2000Z/
Cuyahoga-
345 AM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Cuyahoga County.

* WHEN...Through this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-271545-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200828T0400Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
345 AM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* 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.

&&

$$
956 
WHUS41 KCLE 271515
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1115 AM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020

OHZ011-272000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200827T2000Z/
Cuyahoga-
1115 AM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Cuyahoga County.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM EDT this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-272315-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200828T0400Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
1115 AM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* 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.

&&

$$
128 
WHUS41 KCLE 271938
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
338 PM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020

OHZ011-272045-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200827T2000Z/
Cuyahoga-
338 PM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

The threat of rip currents will continue to decrease through the
late afternoon and evening. 

$$

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-280345-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200828T0400Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
338 PM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until midnight EDT 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.

&&

$$

Garnet
330 
WHUS41 KCLE 280110
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
910 PM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-280215-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-200828T0400Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
910 PM EDT Thu Aug 27 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

The Beach Hazard Statement is cancelled.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes40 min
Aug 26, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes42 min
Aug 26, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes36 min
Aug 26, 3:38 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE30 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.