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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at May 24, 2025, 3:52 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 24, 2025, 10:14 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2025, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2025, 10:14 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2025, 5:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
224 WHUS41 KCLE 240752 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 352 AM EDT Sat May 24 2025 PAZ001-241600- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0003.250524T1800Z-250525T0000Z/ Northern Erie- 352 AM EDT Sat May 24 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Northern Erie County. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
749 WHUS41 KCLE 241414 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1014 AM EDT Sat May 24 2025 PAZ001-242215- /O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0003.250524T1414Z-250525T0000Z/ Northern Erie- 1014 AM EDT Sat May 24 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
902 WHUS41 KCLE 241949 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 349 PM EDT Sat May 24 2025 PAZ001-250000- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250525T0000Z/ Northern Erie- 349 PM EDT Sat May 24 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
170 WHUS41 KCLE 242159 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 559 PM EDT Sat May 24 2025 PAZ001-242300- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250525T0000Z/ Northern Erie- 559 PM EDT Sat May 24 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Waves will continue to subside and the high risk of rip currents has ended. $$
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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.