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Beach Hazards Statement 22, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 12, 2022Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 12, 2022, 6:21 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 12, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 2022, 6:21 AM EDT (10:21 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 12, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 12, 2022, 9:20 PM EDT
In force
9 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 10:23 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, 10.4 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 00:00Z on 2022-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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 2022-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

025 
WHUS41 KCLE 121021
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
621 AM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

OHZ089-PAZ001-121830-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0022.220912T1600Z-220913T0200Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
621 AM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...In Ohio, Ashtabula Lakeshore County. In Pennsylvania, 
  Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...From noon EDT today through this evening.

* 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
135 
WHUS41 KCLE 121324
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
924 AM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

OHZ089-PAZ001-122130-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0022.220912T1600Z-220913T0200Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
924 AM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

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

* WHERE...In Ohio, Ashtabula Lakeshore County. In Pennsylvania, 
  Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* 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.

&&

$$
346 
WHUS41 KCLE 121934
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
334 PM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

OHZ089-PAZ001-130200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-220913T0200Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
334 PM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Ashtabula Lakeshore County. In Pennsylvania, 
  Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT this evening.

* 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.

&&

$$
459 
WHUS41 KCLE 130120
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
920 PM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

OHZ089-PAZ001-130230-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-220913T0200Z/
Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
920 PM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds and waves have decreased and there is no longer a high risk
of rip currents. Therefore, the Beach Hazards Statement has been 
cancelled.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 6:19 AM 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.