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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 6, 2026Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

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

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2026-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2026-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 3:48 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE12 hr
Jun 6, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock23 min
Jun 6, 10:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEWyandot36 min
Jun 6, 11:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Marion, Morrow44 min
Jun 6, 11:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Marion, Morrow28 min
Jun 6, 11:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEKnox, Morrow31 min
Jun 6, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland, Wayne40 min
Jun 6, 12:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Wayne50 min
Jun 6, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula51 min
Jun 6, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE92 min
Jun 6, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Ottawa25 min
Jun 6, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Ottawa49 min
Jun 6, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE92 min
Jun 6, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLESandusky66 min
Jun 6, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Lorain43 min
Jun 6, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Sandusky47 min
Jun 6, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHancock49 min
Jun 6, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Lorain, Medina40 min
Jun 6, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood19 min
Jun 6, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie, Huron, Sandusky64 min
Jun 6, 7:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Wayne49 min
Jun 6, 12:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford25 min
Jun 6, 1:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford41 min
Jun 6, 1:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECrawford98 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.