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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 28, 2021, 12:04 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2021, 12:04 PM EDT (16:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2021, 3:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 560 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
004 WHUS41 KCLE 281604 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1204 PM EDT Tue Sep 28 2021 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-282000- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0018.210928T1604Z-210928T2000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 1204 PM EDT Tue Sep 28 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, 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
806 WHUS41 KCLE 281932 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 332 PM EDT Tue Sep 28 2021 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-282045- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210928T2000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 332 PM EDT Tue Sep 28 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Waves and rip currents will slowly relax into the early evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 12:05 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 3 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2021Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 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.