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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 6, 2026, 3:09 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2026, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2026, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
918 WHUS41 KCLE 060709 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 309 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 OHZ003-007-009-061515- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0007.260706T0709Z-260707T0200Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 309 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa and Erie Counties. * 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. && $$ OHZ010-011-061515- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0007.260706T1500Z-260707T0200Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga- 309 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
3 follow-up statements
653 WHUS41 KCLE 061320 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 920 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 OHZ003-007-009-062130- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260707T0200Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 920 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa and Erie Counties. * 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. && $$ OHZ010-011-062130- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.260706T1500Z-260707T0200Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga- 920 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
407 WHUS41 KCLE 061933 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 333 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 OHZ003-007-009-070200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260707T0200Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie- 333 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lucas, Ottawa and Erie Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 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. && $$ OHZ010-011-070200- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260707T0200Z/ Lorain-Cuyahoga- 333 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
565 WHUS41 KCLE 070202 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1002 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 OHZ003-007-009>011-070315- /O.EXP.KCLE.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260707T0200Z/ Lucas-Ottawa-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 1002 PM EDT Mon Jul 6 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... Winds and waves will continue to decrease overnight, so rip current risk will decrease. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Huron, Lorain | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Ottawa | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 84 min | |
| Jul 6, 12:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 99 min | |
| Jul 6, 2:21 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron and 14 more | 17 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 19 hr | |
| Jul 6, 5:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie | 12 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Sandusky | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 1:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lake | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 7 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 2:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Geauga | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 15 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lake | 104 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.