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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 3, 2025, 3:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 4, 2025, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 3, 2025, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 4, 2025, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2025, 2:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
195 WHUS41 KCLE 031945 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 345 PM EDT Wed Sep 3 2025 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-040345- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0013.250904T0800Z-250904T2000Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 345 PM EDT Wed Sep 3 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...From late tonight through Thursday 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
341 WHUS41 KCLE 040126 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 926 PM EDT Wed Sep 3 2025 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-040930- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0013.250904T0800Z-250904T2000Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 926 PM EDT Wed Sep 3 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...From 4 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
615 WHUS41 KCLE 040745 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 345 AM EDT Thu Sep 4 2025 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-041545- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0013.250904T0800Z-250904T2000Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 345 AM EDT Thu Sep 4 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 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...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. && $$
787 WHUS41 KCLE 041445 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1045 AM EDT Thu Sep 4 2025 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-042000- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-250904T2000Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 1045 AM EDT Thu Sep 4 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Until 4 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
962 WHUS41 KCLE 041817 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 217 PM EDT Thu Sep 4 2025 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-041930- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-250904T2000Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 217 PM EDT Thu Sep 4 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Waves will continue to subside this afternoon. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 3:46 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 23 hr |
Nearby
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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.