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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 30, 20255 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at May 30, 2025, 3:38 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 31, 2025, 5:40 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2025, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
In effect from
May 31, 2025, 5:40 AM EDT
Expired
May 31, 2025, 8:38 PM EDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2025-05-30Temperature 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 2025-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

990 
WHUS41 KCLE 301938
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
338 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-310345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0004.250531T1000Z-250601T0300Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
338 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula 
  Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
6 follow-up statements
096 
WHUS41 KCLE 310119
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
919 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-310930-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0004.250531T1000Z-250601T0300Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
919 PM EDT Fri May 30 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT
SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula 
  Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday 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.

&&

$$
781 
WHUS41 KCLE 310755
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
355 AM EDT Sat May 31 2025

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-311600-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0004.250531T1000Z-250601T0300Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
355 AM EDT Sat May 31 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula
  Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, northern Erie County.

* 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.

&&

$$
747 
WHUS41 KCLE 310940
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
540 AM EDT Sat May 31 2025

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-311745-
/O.EXT.KCLE.BH.S.0004.250531T0940Z-250601T0300Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
540 AM EDT Sat May 31 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula
  Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, northern Erie County.

* 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.

&&

$$
586 
WHUS41 KCLE 311316
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
916 AM EDT Sat May 31 2025

OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-312130-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-250601T0300Z/
Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
916 AM EDT Sat May 31 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula 
  Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County.

* 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.

&&

$$
148 
WHUS41 KCLE 311951
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
351 PM EDT Sat May 31 2025

OHZ009-010-312100-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-250601T0300Z/
Erie-Lorain-
351 PM EDT Sat May 31 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Waves will continue to subside through tonight and the high risk
of rip currents has ended. However, a moderate risk of rip
currents remains through this evening. 

$$

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-010300-
/O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-250601T0300Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
351 PM EDT Sat May 31 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...High risk of rip currents.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore 
  Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County.

* WHEN...Until 11 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.

&&

$$
240 
WHUS41 KCLE 010038
CFWCLE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
838 PM EDT Sat May 31 2025

OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-010145-
/O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-250601T0300Z/
Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
838 PM EDT Sat May 31 2025

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Conditions on Lake Erie have improved. There is a moderate chance
for rip currents in Erie County Sunday afternoon.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 3:35 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE29 hr

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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.