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Beach Hazards Statement 22, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 29, 2024Erie County, Lorain County, Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 29, 2024, 3:43 AM EDT for Erie County, Lorain County, Ottawa County, Ohio. It took effect at Sep 29, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 2024, 3:43 AM EDT (07:43 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 29, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 29, 2024, 10:52 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2024-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2024-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
481 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

351 
WHUS41 KCLE 290743
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
343 AM EDT Sun Sep 29 2024

OHZ007-009-010-291545-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0022.240929T1800Z-240930T0300Z/
Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-
343 AM EDT Sun Sep 29 2024

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

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

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

* WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through 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.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The high risk of rip currents is expected
  from the eastern shores of The Islands to the Lorain/Cuyahoga
  County line along the mainland lakeshore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
437 
WHUS41 KCLE 291319
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
919 AM EDT Sun Sep 29 2024

OHZ007-009-010-292130-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0022.240929T1800Z-240930T0300Z/
Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-
919 AM EDT Sun Sep 29 2024

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

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

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

* WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through 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.

&&

$$
094 
WHUS41 KCLE 291932
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
332 PM EDT Sun Sep 29 2024

OHZ007-009-010-300300-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-240930T0300Z/
Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-
332 PM EDT Sun Sep 29 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 11 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.

&&

$$
762 
WHUS41 KCLE 300252
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1052 PM EDT Sun Sep 29 2024

OHZ007-009-010-300400-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-240930T0300Z/
Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-
1052 PM EDT Sun Sep 29 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

A moderate risk of rip currents will continue overnight before
further diminishing Monday.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 3:41 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE19 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.