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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 6, 2020, 3:30 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 7, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2020, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 7, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
396 WHUS41 KCLE 061930 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 330 PM EDT Sun Sep 6 2020 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-070330- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0016.200907T0400Z-200907T2100Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 330 PM EDT Sun Sep 6 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * 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 Monday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
942 WHUS41 KCLE 070208 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1008 PM EDT Sun Sep 6 2020 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-071015- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.200907T0400Z-200907T2100Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 1008 PM EDT Sun Sep 6 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
498 WHUS41 KCLE 070748 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 348 AM EDT Mon Sep 7 2020 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-071600- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200907T2100Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 348 AM EDT Mon Sep 7 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * 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. && $$
649 WHUS41 KCLE 071321 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 921 AM EDT Mon Sep 7 2020 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-072100- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200907T2100Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 921 AM EDT Mon Sep 7 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...Until 5 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
309 WHUS41 KCLE 071937 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 337 PM EDT Mon Sep 7 2020 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-072100- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200907T2100Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 337 PM EDT Mon Sep 7 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...Until 5 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. && $$
074 WHUS41 KCLE 072035 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 435 PM EDT Mon Sep 7 2020 OHZ012-089-072145- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200907T2100Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 435 PM EDT Mon Sep 7 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The high risk of rip currents has decreased. $$ PAZ001-080000- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-200908T0000Z/ Northern Erie- 435 PM EDT Mon Sep 7 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 29 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.