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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 25, 2016, 4:29 AM EDT for Erie County, New York. It took effect at Jul 25, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2016, 4:29 AM EDT (08:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 25, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2016, 10:22 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 2329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
364 WHUS41 KBUF 250829 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 429 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 NYZ010-085-251630- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0012.160725T1600Z-160726T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- 429 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
561 WHUS41 KBUF 251435 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1035 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 NYZ010-085-252245- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0012.160725T1600Z-160726T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1035 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
824 WHUS41 KBUF 251801 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 201 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 NYZ010-085-260000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-160726T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- 201 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
748 WHUS41 KBUF 252311 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 711 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 NYZ010-085-260300- /O.EXT.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-160726T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- 711 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ HITCHCOCK
822 WHUS41 KBUF 260222 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1022 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 NYZ010-085-260330- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-160726T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1022 PM EDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. WINDS AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 4:29 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 18 hr | |
| Jul 25, 6:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 57 min | |
| Jul 25, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 64 min | |
| Jul 25, 7:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Jul 25, 7:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 7:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 23 min |
| Jul 25, 7:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 7:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Monroe | 55 min |
| Jul 25, 8:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Jul 25, 8:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 23 min |
| Jul 25, 8:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Jul 25, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston, Ontario, Wyoming | 35 min |
| Jul 25, 9:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 35 min | |
| Jul 25, 9:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 46 min | |
| Jul 25, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 10:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 58 min | |
| Jul 25, 10:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Jul 25, 10:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 10:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee, Orleans | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 10:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 55 min | |
| Jul 25, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 11:46 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 59 min | |
| Jul 25, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 55 min |
| Jul 25, 12:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 55 min |
| Jul 25, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 42 min | |
| Jul 25, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston, Ontario | 36 min |
| Jul 25, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 32 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.