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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 29, 2020, 4:35 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Aug 29, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2020, 4:35 AM EDT (08:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 29, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
927 WHUS41 KCLE 290835 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 435 AM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-291645- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0014.200829T1200Z-200830T0200Z/ Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 435 AM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
868 WHUS41 KCLE 291358 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 958 AM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 OHZ010-292200- /O.EXA.KCLE.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-200830T0200Z/ Lorain- 958 AM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lorain County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-292200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-200830T0200Z/ Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 958 AM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Cuyahoga, 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. && $$
846 WHUS41 KCLE 292006 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 406 PM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-300415- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-200830T0800Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 406 PM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
227 WHUS41 KCLE 300140 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 940 PM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-300945- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-200830T1000Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 940 PM EDT Sat Aug 29 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake, Ashtabula Lakeshore, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM EDT Sunday. * 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. && $$
789 WHUS41 KCLE 300801 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 401 AM EDT Sun Aug 30 2020 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-301400- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-200830T1400Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 401 AM EDT Sun Aug 30 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake, Ashtabula Lakeshore, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
983 WHUS41 KCLE 301352 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 952 AM EDT Sun Aug 30 2020 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-301500- /O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-200830T1400Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 952 AM EDT Sun Aug 30 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... Winds and waves will slowly decrease by midday. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ottawa | 50 min |
| Aug 29, 4:40 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 29 hr | |
| Aug 29, 4:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake | 31 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.