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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 24, 2025Erie County, Pennsylvania

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2025-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2025-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
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

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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.