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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 20, 2026, 3:53 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 21, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2026, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 21, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2026, 3:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 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 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
406 WHUS41 KCLE 201953 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 353 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-210400- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0011.260721T1200Z-260723T0200Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 353 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 Tuesday morning through Wednesday 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. && $$
8 follow-up statements
030 WHUS41 KCLE 210121 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 921 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-210930- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.260721T1200Z-260723T0200Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 921 PM EDT Mon Jul 20 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Tuesday through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
947 WHUS41 KCLE 210756 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 356 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-211600- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.260721T1200Z-260723T0200Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 356 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 Wednesday 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. && $$
380 WHUS41 KCLE 211335 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 935 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-212145- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260723T0200Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 935 AM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
315 WHUS41 KCLE 211940 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 340 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-220345- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260723T0200Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 340 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday 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. && $$
598 WHUS41 KCLE 220140 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 940 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-220945- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260723T0200Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 940 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Through Wednesday evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
809 WHUS41 KCLE 220746 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 346 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-221600- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260723T0200Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 346 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026 ...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. && $$
169 WHUS41 KCLE 221348 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 948 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026 OHZ010-221500- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260723T0200Z/ Lorain- 948 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Winds, waves, and rip current risk will continue to decrease through the day. $$ OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-222200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260723T0200Z/ Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 948 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, 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. && $$
796 WHUS41 KCLE 221940 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 340 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026 OHZ011-012-089-PAZ001-222045- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-260723T0200Z/ Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 340 PM EDT Wed Jul 22 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Winds, waves, and rip current risk will continue to decrease into the evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 3:57 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 48 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.