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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 13, 2025, 2:06 PM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2025, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2025, 7:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
418 WHUS41 KCLE 131806 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 206 PM EDT Fri Jun 13 2025 OHZ007-009>012-089-PAZ001-140215- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0005.250613T1806Z-250615T0000Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- Northern Erie- 206 PM EDT Fri Jun 13 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Counties. In Pennsylvania, northern Erie County. * WHEN...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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
444 WHUS41 KCLE 131942 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 342 PM EDT Fri Jun 13 2025 OHZ007-009>012-089-PAZ001-140345- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250615T0000Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- Northern Erie- 342 PM EDT Fri Jun 13 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Counties. In Pennsylvania, northern Erie County. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
681 WHUS41 KCLE 140133 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 933 PM EDT Fri Jun 13 2025 OHZ007-009>012-089-PAZ001-140945- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250615T0000Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- Northern Erie- 933 PM EDT Fri Jun 13 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Counties. In Pennsylvania, northern Erie County. * WHEN...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. && $$
907 WHUS41 KCLE 140737 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 337 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 OHZ007-009>012-089-PAZ001-141545- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250615T0000Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- Northern Erie- 337 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
662 WHUS41 KCLE 141528 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1128 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 OHZ007-009>012-089-PAZ001-142330- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250615T0000Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- Northern Erie- 1128 AM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, 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. && $$
075 WHUS41 KCLE 142357 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 757 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 OHZ007-009>012-089-PAZ001-150100- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-250615T0000Z/ Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore- Northern Erie- 757 PM EDT Sat Jun 14 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Conditions on Lake Erie have improved. There is a moderate chance for rip currents through late evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:03 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 30 hr | |
| Jun 13, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes | 26 min |
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.