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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 13, 2026, 3:56 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania; 7 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Sep 13, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2026, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 13, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 488 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
227 WHUS41 KCLE 130756 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 356 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 OHZ003-007-131600- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0015.260913T2200Z-260914T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa- 356 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas and Ottawa Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through late tonight. * 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. && $$ OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-131600- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0015.260913T2200Z-260914T1400Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 356 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...From this evening through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
5 follow-up statements
644 WHUS41 KCLE 131326 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 926 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 OHZ003-007-132130- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.260913T2200Z-260914T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa- 926 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas and Ottawa Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through late tonight. * 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. && $$ OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-132130- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.260913T2200Z-260914T1400Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 926 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...From this evening through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
037 WHUS41 KCLE 131934 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 334 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 OHZ003-007-140345- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.260913T2200Z-260914T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa- 334 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lucas and Ottawa Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through late tonight. * 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. && $$ OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-140345- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.260913T2200Z-260914T1400Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 334 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...From this evening through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
454 WHUS41 KCLE 140140 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 940 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 OHZ003-007-140800- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260914T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa- 940 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lucas and Ottawa Counties. * WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT Monday. * 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. && $$ OHZ009>012-089-PAZ001-140945- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260914T1400Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 940 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Through 10 AM Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
128 WHUS41 KCLE 140752 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 352 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026 OHZ003-007-140900- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260914T0800Z/ Lucas-Ottawa- 352 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Winds and waves have decreased. Therefore, the Beach Hazards Statement has been cancelled. $$ OHZ009-140900- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260914T1400Z/ Erie- 352 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Winds and waves have decreased. Therefore, the Beach Hazards Statement has been cancelled. There remains a Moderate Risk of rip currents through this morning. $$ OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-141400- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260914T1400Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 352 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT this morning. * 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. && $$
347 WHUS41 KCLE 141354 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 954 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026 OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-141500- /O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-260914T1400Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 954 AM EDT Mon Sep 14 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A moderate risk of rip currents will continue for Cuyahoga County beaches through the rest of this morning. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 47 min |
| Sep 13, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford | 26 min |
| Sep 13, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 33 min |
| Sep 13, 3:55 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 30 hr | |
| Sep 13, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Trumbull | 34 min |
| Sep 13, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Stark | 23 min |
| Sep 13, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 44 min |
| Sep 13, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 38 min |
| Sep 13, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Medina, Summit | 41 min |
| Sep 13, 5:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 119 min |
| Sep 13, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Stark | 48 min |
| Sep 13, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Knox | 26 min |
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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.