Alert archive / Ohio / Beach Hazards Statements in 2020

Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 13, 20205 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 13, 2020, 10:16 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2020, 10:16 AM EDT (14:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2020, 1:33 PM EDT
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:18 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2020-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 12:00Z on 2020-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 250 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-294 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

069 
WHUS41 KCLE 131416
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1016 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-132230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0019.200913T1416Z-200914T1400Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
1016 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through Monday 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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
001 
WHUS41 KCLE 131946
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
346 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020

OHZ009>011-140400-
/O.EXB.KCLE.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-200914T1800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-
346 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga 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.

&&

$$

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-140400-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-200914T1800Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
346 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* 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.

&&

$$
765 
WHUS41 KCLE 140117
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
917 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-140930-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-200914T1800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
917 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

&&

$$
720 
WHUS41 KCLE 140814
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
414 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2020

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-141615-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-200914T1800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
414 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 2 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.

&&

$$
053 
WHUS41 KCLE 141352
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
952 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2020

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-141800-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-200914T1800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
952 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 2 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.

&&

$$
820 
WHUS41 KCLE 141733
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
133 PM EDT Mon Sep 14 2020

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-141845-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-200914T1800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
133 PM EDT Mon Sep 14 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

A high risk of rip currents no longer exists.

$$

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.