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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 21, 2025Erie County, Lorain County, Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at May 21, 2025, 4:19 AM EDT for Erie County, Lorain County, Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2025, 4:19 AM EDT (08:19 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2025, 9:56 AM EDT
In force
6 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 08:23 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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 2025-05-21Temperature 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 2025-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1242 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

904 
WHUS41 KCLE 210819
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
419 AM EDT Wed May 21 2025

OHZ007-009-010-211630-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0001.250521T0819Z-250522T0000Z/
Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-
419 AM EDT Wed May 21 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...Ottawa, Erie and Lorain 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
226 
WHUS41 KCLE 211356
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
956 AM EDT Wed May 21 2025

OHZ007-009-010-211500-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-250522T0000Z/
Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-
956 AM EDT Wed May 21 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Waves will continue to decrease this morning as winds weaken and 
shift offshore.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 11:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEWyandot42 min
May 21, 12:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMorrow, Richland48 min
May 21, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Richland47 min
May 21, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Richland, Wayne41 min
May 21, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEWayne51 min
May 21, 2:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELorain84 min
May 21, 3:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning3 hr
May 21, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEPortage, Stark40 min
May 21, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLETrumbull43 min
May 21, 4:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Trumbull2 hr
May 21, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula41 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.