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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Cleveland, OH
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
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 3:38 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 30 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.