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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 1, 20215 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 1, 2021, 3:39 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Aug 1, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2021, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 1, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 6:09 AM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

786 
WHUS41 KCLE 011939
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
339 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

OHZ009>012-089-020345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0009.210802T0000Z-210802T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
339 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
421 
WHUS41 KCLE 020150
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
950 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

OHZ009>012-089-020800-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210802T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
950 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT
MONDAY...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT Monday.

* 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.

&&

$$
042 
WHUS41 KCLE 020749
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
349 AM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021

OHZ009>012-089-021200-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210802T1200Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
349 AM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT 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.

&&

$$
316 
WHUS41 KCLE 021009
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
609 AM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021

OHZ009>012-089-021115-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210802T1200Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
609 AM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds will continue to diminish this morning gradually reducing
the threat for rip currents. However, a moderate risk still exists
through the morning hours as waves subside from 2 to 4 feet.
Therefore, the beach hazards statement has been cancelled.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 5:37 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE65 min
Aug 1, 9:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE49 min
Aug 1, 10:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE64 min
Aug 1, 11:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE25 min
Aug 1, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga48 min
Aug 1, 12:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMorrow38 min
Aug 1, 12:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEKnox23 min
Aug 1, 12:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLETrumbull24 min
Aug 1, 3:39 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE15 hr
Aug 1, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE96 min

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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.