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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 6, 2026, 3:48 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jun 6, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2026, 3:48 AM EDT (07:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2026, 3:34 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 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 00:00Z, 7.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
942 WHUS41 KCLE 060748 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 348 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-061600- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0003.260606T1200Z-260607T0000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 348 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Ohio, 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
685 WHUS41 KCLE 061442 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1042 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-062245- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260607T0000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 1042 AM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...In Ohio, Lake and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties. In Pennsylvania, Northern Erie County. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
436 WHUS41 KCLE 061934 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 334 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 OHZ012-089-PAZ001-062045- /O.CAN.KCLE.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260607T0000Z/ Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie- 334 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Conditions on Lake Erie have improved, so the Beach Hazard Statement has been cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:48 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 12 hr | |
| Jun 6, 10:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 10:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wyandot | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 11:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 11:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 11:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland, Wayne | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Wayne | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 92 min | |
| Jun 6, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Ottawa | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Ottawa | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 92 min | |
| Jun 6, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Sandusky | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Sandusky | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Huron, Lorain, Medina | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 19 min |
| Jun 6, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie, Huron, Sandusky | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Wayne | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 1:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford | 98 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.