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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 3, 2023, 12:15 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 2023, 12:15 PM EDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2023, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 16:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 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
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
030 WHUS41 KCLE 031615 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1215 PM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023 OHZ089-PAZ001-040015- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0018.230903T1615Z-230904T0200Z/ Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 1215 PM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
412 WHUS41 KCLE 031938 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 338 PM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023 OHZ089-PAZ001-040200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-230904T0200Z/ Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 338 PM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Ashtabula Lakeshore County. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
790 WHUS41 KCLE 040030 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 830 PM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023 OHZ089-PAZ001-040130- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-230904T0200Z/ Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 830 PM EDT Sun Sep 3 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Southwest winds are generally 15 knots or less and waves have settled to 3 ft or less in the eastern basin. Therefore, will let the Beach Hazards Statement go early this evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 12:16 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 8 hr |
Nearby
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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.