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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 18, 2021Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 18, 2021, 9:25 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio. It took effect at Aug 18, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2021, 9:25 AM EDT (13:25 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 18, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 18, 2021, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

770 
WHUS41 KCLE 181325
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
925 AM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021

OHZ089-PAZ001-182130-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0010.210818T1800Z-210819T0200Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
925 AM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

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

* WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
625 
WHUS41 KCLE 181930
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
330 PM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021

OHZ089-PAZ001-190200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-210819T0200Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
330 PM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* 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.

&&

$$
770 
WHUS41 KCLE 190158
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
958 PM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021

OHZ089-PAZ001-190300-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-210819T0200Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
958 PM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

Winds will continue to diminish gradually overnight reducing the 
threat for rip currents. However, a moderate risk still exists 
through the overnight period as waves subside. Therefore, the 
beach hazards statement has been cancelled.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 3:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchCLECrawford12 hr
Aug 18, 9:24 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE13 hr
Aug 18, 9:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELucas, Wood4 hr
Aug 18, 11:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning2 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2021Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2021Every beach hazards statement in 2021

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.