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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 21, 20234 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 21, 2023, 3:36 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2023, 3:36 AM EDT (07:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2023, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 2023-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1429 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 00:00Z on 2023-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

As transmitted.

782 
WHUS41 KCLE 210736
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
336 AM EDT Fri Jul 21 2023

OHZ010>012-089-211400-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0010.230721T0736Z-230721T1400Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
336 AM EDT Fri Jul 21 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT this morning.

* 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
206 
WHUS41 KCLE 211401
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1001 AM EDT Fri Jul 21 2023

OHZ010>012-089-211515-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-230721T1400Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-
1001 AM EDT Fri Jul 21 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

The gusty winds this morning will gradually decrease through
midday into the afternoon. Waves on the lake will gradually
decrease into this afternoon. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull75 min
Jul 20, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland, Wayne56 min
Jul 20, 8:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECuyahoga, Medina, Summit3 hr
Jul 20, 8:12 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina, Wayne33 min
Jul 20, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Marion, Morrow49 min
Jul 20, 8:37 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark, Wayne38 min
Jul 20, 8:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning, Trumbull116 min
Jul 21, 3:36 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE6 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.