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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 26, 20225 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 26, 2022, 3:53 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Aug 26, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2022, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 26, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 27, 2022, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 2022-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 12:00Z on 2022-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1259 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

246 
WHUS41 KCLE 261953
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
353 PM EDT Fri Aug 26 2022

OHZ009>012-089-270400-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0019.220827T0000Z-220827T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
353 PM EDT Fri Aug 26 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

* WHERE...Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening 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
562 
WHUS41 KCLE 270135
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
935 PM EDT Fri Aug 26 2022

OHZ009>012-089-270800-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-220827T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
935 PM EDT Fri Aug 26 2022

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

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

* WHERE...Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening 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.

&&

$$
314 
WHUS41 KCLE 270748
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
348 AM EDT Sat Aug 27 2022

OHZ009>012-089-270900-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-220827T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
348 AM EDT Sat Aug 27 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

Winds and waves will decrease through the morning.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 12:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE44 min
Aug 26, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE73 min
Aug 26, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLETrumbull38 min
Aug 26, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning31 min
Aug 26, 3:54 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE12 hr

Nearby

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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.