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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 11:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lake | 33 min |
| Jul 30, 3:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 18 hr | |
| Jul 30, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Knox, Marion, Morrow | 116 min |
| Jul 30, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Stark and 1 more | 92 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.