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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 9, 2022Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 9, 2022, 8:09 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2022, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2022, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
8 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 00:10 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, 0.2 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 2022-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 172 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2022-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

034 
WHUS41 KCLE 100009
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
809 PM EDT Thu Jun 9 2022

PAZ001-100800-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0002.220610T0009Z-220610T0800Z/
Northern Erie-
809 PM EDT Thu Jun 9 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...Until 4 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
890 
WHUS41 KCLE 100753
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
353 AM EDT Fri Jun 10 2022

PAZ001-100900-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-220610T0800Z/
Northern Erie-
353 AM EDT Fri Jun 10 2022

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

Winds and waves have significantly weakened, greatly improving
conditions across Lake Erie. For this reason, the beach hazard
statement has been allowed to expire.

$$

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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.