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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 24, 2022Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 24, 2022, 5:34 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Cuyahoga County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 24, 2022, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2022, 5:34 AM EDT (09:34 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 24, 2022, 10:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 25, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
10 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 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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 2022-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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 00:00Z on 2022-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 246 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-272 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

465 
WHUS41 KCLE 240934
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
534 AM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-241745-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0012.220725T0200Z-220725T1200Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
534 AM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

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

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

* WHEN...From this evening through Monday 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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
882 
WHUS41 KCLE 241327
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
927 AM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-242130-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.220725T0200Z-220725T1200Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
927 AM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

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

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

* WHEN...From this evening through Monday 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.

&&

$$
368 
WHUS41 KCLE 241930
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
330 PM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-250330-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.220725T0200Z-220725T1200Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
330 PM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

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

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

* WHEN...From 10 PM EDT this evening through Monday 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.

&&

$$
382 
WHUS41 KCLE 250116
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
916 PM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-250930-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.220725T0200Z-220725T1200Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
916 PM EDT Sun Jul 24 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT
MONDAY...

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

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

* WHEN...Until 8 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.

&&

$$
851 
WHUS41 KCLE 250742
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
342 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-251200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-220725T1200Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
342 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022

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

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* 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.

&&

$$
110 
WHUS41 KCLE 251153
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
753 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-251300-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-220725T1200Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
753 AM EDT Mon Jul 25 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

Wave heights and winds will gradually decrease through the 
morning and afternoon. A moderate risk for risk currents will 
continue today.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 2:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock, Wood51 min
Jul 24, 3:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot42 min
Jul 24, 5:33 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE26 hr
Jul 24, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE45 min
Jul 24, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford27 min
Jul 24, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie40 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.