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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 29, 20204 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2020-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 130 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 00:00Z on 2020-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 2:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEOttawa50 min
Aug 29, 4:40 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE29 hr
Aug 29, 4:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula, Lake31 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.