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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 13, 2023, 3:47 PM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Aug 14, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2023, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 14, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2023, 9:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
485 WHUS41 KCLE 131947 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 347 PM EDT Sun Aug 13 2023 OHZ003-007-009-140400- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0012.230814T2000Z-230815T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 347 PM EDT Sun Aug 13 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa and Erie Counties. * WHEN...From Monday afternoon through late Monday night. * 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. && $$ OHZ010>012-089-140400- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0012.230815T0300Z-230815T0800Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 347 PM EDT Sun Aug 13 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...From Monday evening through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
5 follow-up statements
895 WHUS41 KCLE 140148 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 948 PM EDT Sun Aug 13 2023 OHZ003-007-009-141000- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.230814T2000Z-230815T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 948 PM EDT Sun Aug 13 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa and Erie Counties. * WHEN...From Monday afternoon through late Monday night. * 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. && $$ OHZ010>012-089-141000- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.230815T0300Z-230815T0800Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 948 PM EDT Sun Aug 13 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...From Monday evening through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
861 WHUS41 KCLE 140745 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 345 AM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023 OHZ003-007-009-141545- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.230814T2000Z-230815T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 345 AM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa and Erie Counties. * WHEN...From this afternoon 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. && $$ OHZ010>012-089-141545- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.230815T0300Z-230815T0800Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 345 AM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
157 WHUS41 KCLE 141526 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1126 AM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023 OHZ003-007-009-142330- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0012.230814T2200Z-230815T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 1126 AM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa and Erie Counties. * WHEN...From 6 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. && $$ OHZ010>012-089-142330- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.230815T0300Z-230815T0800Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 1126 AM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...From 11 PM EDT this evening through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
764 WHUS41 KCLE 141950 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 350 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023 OHZ003-007-009-150400- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.230814T2200Z-230815T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 350 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa and Erie Counties. * WHEN...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. && $$ OHZ010>012-089-150400- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0012.230815T0300Z-230815T0800Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 350 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...From 11 PM EDT this evening through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
648 WHUS41 KCLE 150154 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 954 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023 OHZ010>012-089-150300- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0012.230815T0300Z-230815T0800Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 954 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... With offshore winds still along the southern shore of Lake Erie, waves are not expected to reach 4 ft and highly hazardous swimming conditions are not expected at this time. Therefore, the Beach Hazards Statement has been cancelled. $$ OHZ003-007-009-150300- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-230815T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 954 PM EDT Mon Aug 14 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... With offshore winds still along the southern shore of Lake Erie, waves are not expected to reach 4 ft and highly hazardous swimming conditions are not expected at this time. Therefore, the Beach Hazards Statement has been cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 3:45 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 30 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.