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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 11:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wyandot | 42 min |
| May 21, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Morrow, Richland | 48 min |
| May 21, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 47 min |
| May 21, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Richland, Wayne | 41 min |
| May 21, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wayne | 51 min |
| May 21, 2:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lorain | 84 min |
| May 21, 3:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Mahoning | 3 hr |
| May 21, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Portage, Stark | 40 min |
| May 21, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Trumbull | 43 min |
| May 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull | 2 hr |
| May 21, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula | 41 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.