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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 3:35 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 29 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.