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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 29, 20244 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at May 29, 2024, 3:49 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It took effect at May 29, 2024, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2024, 3:49 AM EDT (07:49 UTC)
In effect from
May 29, 2024, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 30, 2024, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2024-05-29Temperature 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 2024-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
1149 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

531 
WHUS41 KCLE 290749
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
349 AM EDT Wed May 29 2024

OHZ009>012-291600-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0003.240529T2300Z-240530T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
349 AM EDT Wed May 29 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT...

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

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

* WHEN...From this evening 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
350 
WHUS41 KCLE 291317
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
917 AM EDT Wed May 29 2024

OHZ009>012-292130-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0003.240529T2300Z-240530T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
917 AM EDT Wed May 29 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

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

* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening 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.

&&

$$
525 
WHUS41 KCLE 291955
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
355 PM EDT Wed May 29 2024

OHZ009>012-300400-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0003.240529T2300Z-240530T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
355 PM EDT Wed May 29 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EDT THIS
EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

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

* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening 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.

&&

$$
817 
WHUS41 KCLE 300153
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
953 PM EDT Wed May 29 2024

OHZ009>012-300800-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240530T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
953 PM EDT Wed May 29 2024

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

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT Thursday.

* 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.

&&

$$
221 
WHUS41 KCLE 300803
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
403 AM EDT Thu May 30 2024

OHZ009>012-300915-
/O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-240530T0800Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-
403 AM EDT Thu May 30 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...

Conditions on Lake Erie have improved and should continue improving
today as high pressure gradually builds in.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:47 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE24 hr
May 29, 8:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESummit3 hr
May 29, 8:57 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEOttawa, Sandusky3 hr
May 29, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEStark32 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.