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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 28, 2020Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 28, 2020, 9:32 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 28, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 2020, 9:32 AM EDT (13:32 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 28, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 29, 2020, 10:08 AM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2020-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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 2020-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

071 
WHUS41 KCLE 281332
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
932 AM EDT Mon Sep 28 2020

OHZ011-012-089-282145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0021.200929T0000Z-200929T1300Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
932 AM EDT Mon Sep 28 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

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

* WHERE...Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening through Tuesday 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.

&&

$$

PAZ001-282145-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0021.200929T0300Z-200929T1500Z/
Northern Erie-
932 AM EDT Mon Sep 28 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

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

* WHERE...Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...From this evening through Tuesday 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
503 
WHUS41 KCLE 281955
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
355 PM EDT Mon Sep 28 2020

PAZ001-290400-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0021.200929T0000Z-200929T1500Z/
Northern Erie-
355 PM EDT Mon Sep 28 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

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

* WHERE...Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening through Tuesday 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.

&&

$$

OHZ011-012-089-290400-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0021.200929T0000Z-200929T1300Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
355 PM EDT Mon Sep 28 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

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

* WHERE...Lake, Ashtabula Lakeshore and Cuyahoga Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening through Tuesday 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.

&&

$$
864 
WHUS41 KCLE 290209
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1009 PM EDT Mon Sep 28 2020

OHZ011-012-089-291015-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200929T1300Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
1009 PM EDT Mon Sep 28 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

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

* WHERE...Lake, Ashtabula Lakeshore and Cuyahoga Counties.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT Tuesday.

* 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.

&&

$$

PAZ001-291015-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200929T1500Z/
Northern Erie-
1009 PM EDT Mon Sep 28 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

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

* WHERE...Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday 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.

&&

$$
393 
WHUS41 KCLE 290741
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
341 AM EDT Tue Sep 29 2020

OHZ011-290845-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200929T1300Z/
Cuyahoga-
341 AM EDT Tue Sep 29 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds have begun to subside and the risk of rip current has
diminished.

$$

OHZ012-089-291300-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200929T1300Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
341 AM EDT Tue Sep 29 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties.

* WHEN...Until 9 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.

&&

$$

PAZ001-291500-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200929T1500Z/
Northern Erie-
341 AM EDT Tue Sep 29 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...Until 11 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.

&&

$$
208 
WHUS41 KCLE 291408
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1008 AM EDT Tue Sep 29 2020

PAZ001-291515-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-200929T1500Z/
Northern Erie-
1008 AM EDT Tue Sep 29 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 9:31 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE25 hr
Sep 28, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga48 min

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.