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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 38 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.