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    Warning to Lake Erie swimmers: NWS

    By Danielle Langenfeld,

    4 hours ago

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    CLEVELAND (WJW) – The National Weather Service has issued a beach hazard statement that says swimmers should stay out of parts of Lake Erie due to a “high risk of rip currents.”

    According to the NWS, the beach hazard statement applies to Cuyahoga, Lake, and Ashtabula Lakeshore Counties beaches. As well as Northern Erie County in Pennsylvania.

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    The warning is in effect through Tuesday afternoon on July 16, 2024. A specific time was not given.

    “Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake,” reads the alert. “Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.”

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