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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 8, 2022Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 8, 2022, 3:48 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Aug 8, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2022, 3:48 AM EDT (07:48 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 8, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 9, 2022, 3:39 AM EDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

County Erie County, PA

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 00:00Z on 2022-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 344 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 00:00Z on 2022-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1219 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

240 
WHUS41 KCLE 080748
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
348 AM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

PAZ001-081600-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0015.220808T1600Z-220809T0800Z/
Northern Erie-
348 AM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT...

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

* WHERE...Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...From noon EDT today 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
663 
WHUS41 KCLE 081359
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
959 AM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

PAZ001-082200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.220808T1600Z-220809T0800Z/
Northern Erie-
959 AM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

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

* WHERE...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.

&&

$$
611 
WHUS41 KCLE 082000
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
400 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

PAZ001-090400-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-220809T0800Z/
Northern Erie-
400 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

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

* WHERE...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.

&&

$$
576 
WHUS41 KCLE 090215
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1015 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

PAZ001-090800-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-220809T0800Z/
Northern Erie-
1015 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

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

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT Tuesday.

* 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.

&&

$$
825 
WHUS41 KCLE 090739
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
339 AM EDT Tue Aug 9 2022

PAZ001-090845-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-220809T0800Z/
Northern Erie-
339 AM EDT Tue Aug 9 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds and waves decrease through the morning with a moderate risk
of rips currents expected. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 6:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Erie38 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.