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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 2, 2023, 4:03 PM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jun 3, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2023, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2023, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2023, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2265 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
717 WHUS41 KCLE 022003 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 403 PM EDT Fri Jun 2 2023 OHZ003-007-009>012-089-030415- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0002.230603T1600Z-230604T0400Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 403 PM EDT Fri Jun 2 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through Saturday 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. && $$
10 follow-up statements
493 WHUS41 KCLE 030207 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1007 PM EDT Fri Jun 2 2023 OHZ003-007-009>012-089-031015- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.230603T1600Z-230604T0400Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 1007 PM EDT Fri Jun 2 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
739 WHUS41 KCLE 030753 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 353 AM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 PAZ001-031600- /O.EXB.KCLE.BH.S.0002.230603T1600Z-230604T1200Z/ Northern Erie- 353 AM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northern Erie County. * WHEN...From noon EDT today through Sunday 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. && $$ OHZ003-007-009>012-089-031600- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0002.230603T1600Z-230604T1200Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 353 AM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. * WHEN...From noon EDT today through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
936 WHUS41 KCLE 031319 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 919 AM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 OHZ003-007-009>012-089-PAZ001-032130- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.230603T1600Z-230604T1200Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- Northern Erie- 919 AM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lucas, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
252 WHUS41 KCLE 031934 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 334 PM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 OHZ003-040345- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230604T2000Z/ Lucas- 334 PM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lucas County. * WHEN...Through Sunday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ007-009>011-040345- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0400Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 334 PM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Ottawa, Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$ OHZ012-089-PAZ001-040345- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 334 PM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
630 WHUS41 KCLE 040121 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 921 PM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 OHZ003-041200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230604T2000Z/ Lucas- 921 PM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lucas County. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$ OHZ007-009>011-041200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0400Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 921 PM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Ottawa, Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ012-089-PAZ001-041200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 921 PM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
311 WHUS41 KCLE 040745 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 345 AM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 OHZ003-041545- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230604T2000Z/ Lucas- 345 AM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lucas County. * WHEN...Through this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ007-009>011-041545- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0400Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 345 AM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Ottawa, Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...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. && $$ OHZ012-089-PAZ001-041545- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 345 AM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
367 WHUS41 KCLE 041330 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 930 AM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 OHZ003-042000- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230604T2000Z/ Lucas- 930 AM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lucas 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. && $$ OHZ007-009>011-042130- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0400Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 930 AM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Ottawa, Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ012-089-PAZ001-042130- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 930 AM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * 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. && $$
672 WHUS41 KCLE 041951 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 351 PM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 OHZ089-PAZ001-042100- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0000Z/ Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 351 PM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... A moderate risk of rip currents remains across the area through this evening. $$ OHZ003-042100- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230604T2000Z/ Lucas- 351 PM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... A moderate risk of rip currents remains across the area through this evening. $$ OHZ012-050400- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0400Z/ Lake- 351 PM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lake County. * WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$ OHZ007-009>011-050400- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0400Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 351 PM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Ottawa, Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Until midnight EDT 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. && $$
176 WHUS41 KCLE 050121 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 921 PM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 OHZ007-012-050230- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0400Z/ Ottawa-Lake- 921 PM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Waves 4 ft or greater are just focused to areas east of the Lake Erie Islands and west of Cleveland. Therefore, have canceled the Beach Hazards Statement for a heightened swim risk outside of this area. $$ OHZ009>011-050400- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0400Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 921 PM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Until midnight EDT 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. && $$
000 WHUS41 KCLE 050357 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1157 PM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 OHZ009>011-050500- /O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-230605T0400Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 1157 PM EDT Sun Jun 4 2023 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... Waves continue to subside and the high risk of rip currents has ended. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:06 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 56 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.