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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 21, 20214 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 21, 2021, 2:03 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2021, 2:03 AM EDT (06:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2021, 3:42 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:04 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2021-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 334 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2021-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -125 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
334 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

818 
WHUS41 KCLE 210603
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
203 AM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

OHZ009>012-211415-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0007.210721T0603Z-210721T2000Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
203 AM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga and Lake Counties.

* WHEN...Through 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
680 
WHUS41 KCLE 211330
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
930 AM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

OHZ009>012-212000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210721T2000Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
930 AM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

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

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Erie, Lake, Lorain and Cuyahoga 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.

&&

$$
357 
WHUS41 KCLE 211942
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
342 PM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

OHZ009>012-212045-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210721T2000Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
342 PM EDT Wed Jul 21 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds have diminished to 10 knots across the central basin and
waves have subsided to 1 to 3 feet. Therefore, the Beach Hazards
Statement has been cancelled early.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 9:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE49 min
Jul 21, 2:00 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE14 hr

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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.