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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 26, 2024Lucas County, Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at May 26, 2024, 1:26 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2024, 1:26 PM EDT (17:26 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 12:00Z on 2024-05-26Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2024-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

593 
WHUS41 KCLE 261726
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
126 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

OHZ003-007-270000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0001.240526T1726Z-240527T0000Z/
Lucas-Ottawa-
126 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Lucas and Ottawa Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 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
264 
WHUS41 KCLE 262005
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
405 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

OHZ003-007-270000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-240527T0000Z/
Lucas-Ottawa-
405 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Lucas and Ottawa Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 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.

&&

$$
123 
WHUS41 KCLE 270003
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
803 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

OHZ003-007-270115-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-240527T0000Z/
Lucas-Ottawa-
803 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

Any remaining swim risk over the western basin of Lake Erie will
be due to high waves from convective winds. Therefore, will let
the Beach Hazards Statement end on time.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 2:05 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Summit and 1 more7 hr
May 26, 1:26 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE7 hr
May 26, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Marion, Richland, Wyandot33 min
May 26, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Huron, Richland46 min
May 26, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Stark, Summit, Wayne43 min
May 26, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEWood52 min
May 26, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood58 min
May 26, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning, Stark47 min
May 26, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
May 26, 7:00 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Lorain15 min
May 26, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Portage, Summit49 min
May 26, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 26, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning27 min

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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.