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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Crawford | 12 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:24 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 13 hr | |
| Aug 18, 9:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Mahoning | 2 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.