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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 3, 20254 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2025-09-03Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2025-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 3:46 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE23 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2025Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2025Every beach hazards statement in 2025

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.