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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 11, 20244 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 11, 2024, 7:30 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 11, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2024, 7:30 AM EDT (11:30 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 11, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 11, 2024, 2:43 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2024-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2024-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

590 
WHUS41 KCLE 111130
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
730 AM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-111930-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240711T2000Z/
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0010.240711T1200Z-240711T2000Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
730 AM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula 
  Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM EDT this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$

OHZ009-111230-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240711T1200Z/
Erie-
730 AM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Conditions on Lake Erie have improved so the Beach Hazard
Statement has been cancelled.

$$
2 follow-up statements
612 
WHUS41 KCLE 111410
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1010 AM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

OHZ010-111515-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-240711T2000Z/
Lorain-
1010 AM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Waves will continue to decrease through this morning. A moderate
risk of rip currents will remain through today.

$$

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-112000-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-240711T2000Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
1010 AM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore 
  Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM EDT this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$
430 
WHUS41 KCLE 111843
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
243 PM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-111945-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-240711T2000Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
243 PM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds and waves will continue to decrease through this afternoon.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 7:29 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE7 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.