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Beach Hazards Statement 22, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 30, 2020, 5:10 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 30, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2020, 5:10 AM EDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 30, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2020, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
812 WHUS41 KCLE 300910 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 510 AM EDT Wed Sep 30 2020 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-301715- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0022.200930T1000Z-201001T2100Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 510 AM EDT Wed Sep 30 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
616 WHUS41 KCLE 301357 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 957 AM EDT Wed Sep 30 2020 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-302200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-201001T2100Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 957 AM EDT Wed Sep 30 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake, Ashtabula Lakeshore, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
130 WHUS41 KCLE 301957 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 357 PM EDT Wed Sep 30 2020 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-010400- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-201001T2100Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 357 PM EDT Wed Sep 30 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake, Ashtabula Lakeshore, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday 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. && $$
648 WHUS41 KCLE 010156 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 956 PM EDT Wed Sep 30 2020 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-011200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-201001T2100Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 956 PM EDT Wed Sep 30 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake, Ashtabula Lakeshore, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
375 WHUS41 KCLE 010743 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 343 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2020 OHZ010-010845- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-201001T2100Z/ Lorain- 343 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Winds and waves have subsided and the risk for rip currents has lessened. $$ OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-011545- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-201001T2100Z/ Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 343 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake, Ashtabula Lakeshore and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
132 WHUS41 KCLE 011347 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 947 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2020 OHZ011-011500- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-201001T2100Z/ Cuyahoga- 947 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Land breezes have shifted winds to the southwest this morning with occasional westerly flow later today. Waves will generally be 2 to 4 feet. A moderate swim risk remains. $$ OHZ012-089-PAZ001-012100- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-201001T2100Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 947 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake, Ashtabula Lakeshore and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
628 WHUS41 KCLE 012000 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 400 PM EDT Thu Oct 1 2020 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-020200- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-201002T0200Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 400 PM EDT Thu Oct 1 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, Lake, Ashtabula Lakeshore and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 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 29, 9:06 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 25 hr | |
| Sep 30, 4:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 87 min | |
| Sep 30, 1:13 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CLE | 9 hr | |
| Sep 30, 1:13 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 35 hr |
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.