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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 20234 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 18, 2023, 9:40 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Jun 19, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2023, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 19, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 20, 2023, 3:59 AM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2023-06-19Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2023-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

265 
WHUS41 KCLE 190140
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
940 PM EDT Sun Jun 18 2023

OHZ009>011-190945-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0006.230619T1800Z-230620T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-
940 PM EDT Sun Jun 18 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

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

* WHERE...Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga 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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
228 
WHUS41 KCLE 190735
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
335 AM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023

OHZ009>011-191545-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0006.230619T1800Z-230620T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-
335 AM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

* WHERE...Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 PM EDT 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.

&&

$$
770 
WHUS41 KCLE 191351
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
951 AM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023

OHZ007-192200-
/O.EXA.KCLE.BH.S.0006.230619T1800Z-230620T0800Z/
Ottawa-
951 AM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

* WHERE...Ottawa County.

* WHEN...From 2 PM EDT 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.

&&

$$

OHZ009>011-192200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0006.230619T1800Z-230620T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-
951 AM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

* WHERE...Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 PM EDT 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.

&&

$$
530 
WHUS41 KCLE 191936
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
336 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023

OHZ007-009>011-200345-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230620T0800Z/
Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-
336 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Ottawa, Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga 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.

&&

$$
714 
WHUS41 KCLE 200155
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
955 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023

OHZ007-009>011-200800-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230620T0800Z/
Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-
955 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Ottawa, Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT Tuesday.

* 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.

&&

$$
602 
WHUS41 KCLE 200759
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
359 AM EDT Tue Jun 20 2023

OHZ007-009>011-200900-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230620T0800Z/
Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-
359 AM EDT Tue Jun 20 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds from the northeast have weakened to 10-15 knots and waves
have subsided, allowing for the risk of rip currents to go down.
There remains a moderate risk of rip currents from Vermilion to
Willowick, OH through this evening.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 9:37 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE30 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.