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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 6, 2020Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

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

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, 7.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2020-09-06Temperature 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 2020-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 3:28 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE29 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.