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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 28, 2022, 3:36 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio. It took effect at Jul 28, 2022, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2022, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 28, 2022, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2022, 3:36 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 779 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
653 WHUS41 KCLE 281936 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 336 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 OHZ089-PAZ001-290345- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0013.220728T2000Z-220729T1000Z/ Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 336 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, Ashtabula Lakeshore County. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
128 WHUS41 KCLE 290138 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 938 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 OHZ089-PAZ001-290945- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-220729T1000Z/ Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 938 PM EDT Thu Jul 28 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Ashtabula Lakeshore County. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Until 6 AM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
477 WHUS41 KCLE 290736 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 336 AM EDT Fri Jul 29 2022 OHZ089-PAZ001-290845- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-220729T1000Z/ Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 336 AM EDT Fri Jul 29 2022 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Waves have subsided to below 4 feet this morning. Therefore, the Beach Hazards Statement has been cancelled early. There is still a moderate rip current risk this morning for residual higher waves. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 12:16 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 15 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.