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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 12, 2026, 4:14 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It took effect at Jul 12, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2026, 4:14 AM EDT (08:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 12, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2026, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
728 WHUS41 KCLE 120814 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 414 AM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026 OHZ009>011-121615- /O.NEW.KCLE.BH.S.0008.260712T1800Z-260713T0100Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 414 AM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
015 WHUS41 KCLE 121331 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 931 AM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026 OHZ009>011-122145- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0008.260712T1800Z-260713T0100Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 931 AM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents expected. * WHERE...Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 9 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
869 WHUS41 KCLE 121947 CFWCLE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Cleveland OH 347 PM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026 OHZ009>011-130100- /O.CON.KCLE.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-260713T0100Z/ Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga- 347 PM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...High risk of rip currents. * WHERE...Erie, Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 4:14 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 17 hr |
Nearby
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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.