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Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 10, 2024Erie County, Pennsylvania; 5 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 10, 2024, 3:41 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; 5 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Jul 10, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2024, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 10, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 11, 2024, 7:30 AM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2024-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 663 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 12:00Z on 2024-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
663 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1163 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted.

433 
WHUS41 KCLE 101941
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
341 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

OHZ009-110345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0009.240711T0000Z-240711T1200Z/
Erie-
341 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

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

* WHERE...Erie County.

* WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening through Thursday morning.

* 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...A moderate risk of rip currents will
  continue through the day on Thursday for Bay View to Vermilion.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-110345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0009.240711T0000Z-240712T0000Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
341 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

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

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

* WHEN...From 8 PM EDT this evening through Thursday 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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
628 
WHUS41 KCLE 110145
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
945 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

OHZ009-110945-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240711T1200Z/
Erie-
945 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Erie County.

* WHEN...Until 8 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.

&&

$$

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-110945-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240712T0000Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
945 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through Thursday 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.

&&

$$
453 
WHUS41 KCLE 110745
CFWCLE

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

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-111545-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240711T2000Z/
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
345 AM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through 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.

&&

$$

OHZ009-111200-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240711T1200Z/
Erie-
345 AM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Erie County.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning.

* 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.

&&

$$
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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 10:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie42 min
Jul 10, 11:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie26 min
Jul 10, 1:39 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford21 min
Jul 10, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie28 min
Jul 9, 9:25 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE12 hr
Jul 10, 1:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes36 min
Jul 10, 1:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHancock4 hr
Jul 10, 2:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEWayne34 min
Jul 10, 3:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHancock, Lucas, Wood119 min
Jul 10, 4:24 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEErie, Lucas, Ottawa5 hr
Jul 10, 3:38 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE16 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.