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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 29, 2016, 1:52 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 29, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2016, 1:52 AM EDT (05:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 29, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1360 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
261 WHUS41 KBUF 290552 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 152 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016 NYZ001>004-291400- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0013.160729T1200Z-160729T1800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE- 152 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NIAGARA...ORLEANS...MONROE...AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ CHURCH
3 follow-up statements
239 WHUS41 KBUF 291054 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 654 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016 NYZ001>004-291800- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0013.160729T1200Z-160729T1800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE- 654 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NIAGARA...ORLEANS...MONROE...AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
130 WHUS41 KBUF 291442 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1042 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016 NYZ001>004-291800- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-160729T1800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE- 1042 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NIAGARA...ORLEANS...MONROE...AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
948 WHUS41 KBUF 291758 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 158 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016 NYZ001>004-291900- /O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-160729T1800Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE- 158 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... WAVES ON LAKE ARE CONTINUING TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS NO LONGER REQUIRED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 1:52 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 12 hr | |
| Jul 29, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 25 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in New York, 2016Every beach hazards statement in 2016
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.