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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 5, 2021Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 5, 2021, 7:10 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 5, 2021, 7:10 AM EDT (11:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2021, 12:09 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2021-09-05Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2021-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

373 
WHUS41 KCLE 051110
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
710 AM EDT Sun Sep 5 2021

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-052000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0012.210905T1110Z-210905T2000Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
710 AM EDT Sun Sep 5 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. In Ohio, 
  Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM EDT 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
645 
WHUS41 KCLE 051609
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1209 PM EDT Sun Sep 5 2021

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-051715-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210905T2000Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
1209 PM EDT Sun Sep 5 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Conditions have improved this afternoon although there is still a
moderate risk for rip currents this afternoon. A new Beach Hazard
Statement will be needed for tonight and tomorrow as winds and 
waves increase again, creating hazardous conditions on the water.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 7:09 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE5 hr
Sep 5, 3:54 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE24 hr
Sep 5, 3:55 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake24 hr

Nearby

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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.