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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 28, 2022Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 779 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2022-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 12:16 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE15 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.