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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 21, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Sep 22, 2021, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 22, 2021, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2021, 4:14 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
863 WHUS41 KCLE 211945 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 345 PM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021 OHZ003-007-009-220345- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0015.210922T0900Z-210923T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 345 PM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa and Erie Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through late Wednesday night. * 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. && $$ OHZ010-011-220345- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0015.210922T1500Z-210923T0800Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga- 345 PM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through late Wednesday night. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ012-220345- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0015.210922T2100Z-210923T0800Z/ Lake- 345 PM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lake County. * WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon through late Wednesday night. * 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
736 WHUS41 KCLE 220114 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 914 PM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021 OHZ003-007-009-220915- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.210922T0900Z-210923T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 914 PM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa and Erie Counties. * WHEN...From 5 AM EDT Wednesday through late Wednesday night. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ010-011-220915- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.210922T1500Z-210923T0800Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga- 914 PM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through late Wednesday night. * 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. && $$ OHZ012-220915- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.210922T2100Z-210923T0800Z/ Lake- 914 PM EDT Tue Sep 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lake County. * WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon through late Wednesday night. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
985 WHUS41 KCLE 220819 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 419 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 OHZ003-007-009-221630- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.210922T0900Z-210923T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 419 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa and Erie Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$ OHZ010-011-221630- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.210922T1500Z-210923T0800Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga- 419 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Moderate to high risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ012-221630- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.210922T2100Z-210923T0800Z/ Lake- 419 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Moderate to high risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lake County. * WHEN...From this afternoon through late tonight. * 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. && $$
936 WHUS41 KCLE 221335 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 935 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 OHZ003-007-009-222145- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210923T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 935 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa and Erie Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ010-011-222145- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.210922T1500Z-210923T0800Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga- 935 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$ OHZ012-222145- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.210922T2100Z-210923T0800Z/ Lake- 935 AM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lake County. * WHEN...From 5 PM EDT this afternoon through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
058 WHUS41 KCLE 221933 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 333 PM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 OHZ003-007-009-010-230345- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210923T0600Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie-Lorain- 333 PM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa, Erie and Lorain Counties. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Thursday. * 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. && $$ OHZ012-230345- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0015.210922T1933Z-210923T0600Z/ Lake- 333 PM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lake County. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ011-230345- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210923T0600Z/ Cuyahoga- 333 PM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Cuyahoga County. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Thursday. * 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. && $$
008 WHUS41 KCLE 230218 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1018 PM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 OHZ003-007-009-010-230600- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210923T0600Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie-Lorain- 1018 PM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa, Erie and Lorain Counties. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ011-012-230600- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210923T0600Z/ Cuyahoga-Lake- 1018 PM EDT Wed Sep 22 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lake and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Thursday. * 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. && $$
311 WHUS41 KCLE 230559 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 159 AM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021 OHZ011-012-230700- /O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210923T0600Z/ Cuyahoga-Lake- 159 AM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... Winds and waves have decreased enough to decrease the swim risk. However a moderate risk of rip currents will continue through sunrise. $$ OHZ003-007-009-010-231000- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210923T1000Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie-Lorain- 159 AM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa, Erie and Lorain Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 AM EDT early this morning. * 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. && $$
146 WHUS41 KCLE 230814 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 414 AM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021 OHZ003-007-009-010-230915- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210923T1000Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie-Lorain- 414 AM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Winds and waves have decreased enough to decrease the swim risk. However a moderate risk of rip currents will continue through the afternoon. Waves are expected to build again this evening and continue into Friday with dangerous swimming conditions returning from Sandusky to Ripley. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 3:22 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa and 4 more | 49 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:42 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | CLE | Erie, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa | 35 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:44 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CLE | 34 hr | |
| Sep 21, 3:44 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 3 days |
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.