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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 11, 2022Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 11, 2022, 9:49 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio. It took effect at Jul 12, 2022, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2022, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 12, 2022, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 12, 2022, 3:28 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 00:00Z on 2022-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2022-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

979 
WHUS41 KCLE 120149
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
949 PM EDT Mon Jul 11 2022

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-121000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0009.220712T0900Z-220713T0000Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
949 PM EDT Mon Jul 11 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT TUESDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

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

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

* WHEN...From 5 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday 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
167 
WHUS41 KCLE 120801
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
401 AM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-121615-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0009.220712T0900Z-220713T0000Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
401 AM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022

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

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

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

* WHEN...From 5 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday 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.

&&

$$
085 
WHUS41 KCLE 121333
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
933 AM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-122145-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220713T0000Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
933 AM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 8 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.

&&

$$
733 
WHUS41 KCLE 121928
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
328 PM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022

OHZ012-089-PAZ001-122030-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220713T0000Z/
Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
328 PM EDT Tue Jul 12 2022

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

There is no longer a high risk for rip currents, though a moderate
risk of rip currents remains through this evening. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 9:48 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE18 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.