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Beach Hazards Statement 17, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 8, 2020Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 8, 2020, 3:48 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 8, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2020, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 8, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 8, 2020, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
4 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 19:53 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, 7.8 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 2020-09-08Temperature 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 2020-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

359 
WHUS41 KCLE 081948
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
348 PM EDT Tue Sep 8 2020

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-090400-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0017.200908T2200Z-200909T0400Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
348 PM EDT Tue Sep 8 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake 
  and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties.

* WHEN...6 PM EDT this evening 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
689 
WHUS41 KCLE 090200
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1000 PM EDT Tue Sep 8 2020

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-090300-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200909T0400Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
1000 PM EDT Tue Sep 8 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds have decreased and thus the risk for high waves and rip
currents has decreased as well.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 9:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMarion, Morrow6 hr
Sep 7, 10:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion6 hr
Sep 8, 2:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELorain10 hr
Sep 8, 3:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Erie, Huron, Lorain89 min
Sep 8, 3:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLETrumbull24 hr
Sep 8, 4:19 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEMarion, Morrow6 hr
Sep 8, 3:52 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE6 hr
Sep 8, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELucas30 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.