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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 30, 20205 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 30, 2020, 3:40 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Jul 31, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2020, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 31, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 31, 2020, 9:54 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2020-07-30Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2020-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

924 
WHUS41 KCLE 301940
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
340 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2020

OHZ009>012-310345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0008.200731T0600Z-200801T0000Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
340 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga and Lake Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM EDT Friday through Friday 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
437 
WHUS41 KCLE 310223
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1023 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2020

OHZ009>012-311030-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0008.200731T0600Z-200801T0000Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
1023 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT FRIDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Erie, Lake, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM EDT Friday through Friday 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.

&&

$$
429 
WHUS41 KCLE 310753
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
353 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020

OHZ012-310900-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200801T0000Z/
Lake-
353 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds of 10 to 15 mph will only allow for waves of 2 to 3 feet
along the beaches of Lake County. This will present a less
significant swimming risk and the Beach Hazards Statement has been
cancelled.

$$

OHZ007-311600-
/O.EXA.KCLE.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200801T0000Z/
Ottawa-
353 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Ottawa County.

* WHEN...Through 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.

&&

$$

OHZ009>011-311600-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200801T0000Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-
353 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties.

* WHEN...Through 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.

&&

$$
017 
WHUS41 KCLE 311354
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
954 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020

OHZ007-009>011-311500-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200801T0000Z/
Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-
954 AM EDT Fri Jul 31 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

High risk for rip currents is no longer expected. A moderate risk
for rip currents remains in effect for Erie, OH and Lorain 
Counties this afternoon.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELake33 min
Jul 30, 3:37 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE18 hr
Jul 30, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEKnox, Marion, Morrow116 min
Jul 30, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Stark and 1 more92 min

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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.