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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 16, 2025, 3:52 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 17, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2025, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 17, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2025, 9:06 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 934 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
028 WHUS41 KCLE 161952 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 352 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-170400- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0007.250717T1200Z-250718T0300Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 352 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...From Thursday morning through Thursday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
486 WHUS41 KCLE 170212 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1012 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-171015- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.250717T1200Z-250718T0300Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 1012 PM EDT Wed Jul 16 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
019 WHUS41 KCLE 170736 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 336 AM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-171545- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.250717T1200Z-250718T0300Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 336 AM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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. && $$
222 WHUS41 KCLE 171337 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 937 AM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-172145- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250718T0300Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 937 AM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
488 WHUS41 KCLE 171918 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 318 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-180300- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250718T0300Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 318 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, 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. && $$
371 WHUS41 KCLE 180106 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 906 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-180215- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-250718T0300Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 906 PM EDT Thu Jul 17 2025 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Onshore wind speeds have decreased to 10 to 15 knots, allowing waves to fall to 3 feet or less. These conditions still pose a moderate risk of rip currents. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Huron | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Portage, Summit | 113 min |
| Jul 16, 3:53 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 29 hr | |
| Jul 16, 5:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Seneca | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Seneca | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Huron | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 4:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie | 3 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Ohio, 2025Beach Hazards Statements in Pennsylvania, 2025Every beach hazards statement in 2025
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.