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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 3, 2023Ashtabula County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

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 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2023-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 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 12:00Z on 2023-09-03The 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 12:16 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE8 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2023Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2023Every beach hazards statement in 2023

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.