Alert archive / New York / Beach Hazards Statements in 2016
Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 13, 2016, 10:33 PM EDT for 6 counties in New York. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2016, 10:33 PM EDT (02:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
571 WHUS41 KBUF 140233 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1033 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 NYZ019-085-141045- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0015.160814T0233Z-160814T1600Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1033 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
315 WHUS41 KBUF 140832 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 432 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016 NYZ010-141500- /O.EXB.KBUF.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-160814T1500Z/ NORTHERN ERIE- 432 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ NYZ004>007-141645- /O.EXB.KBUF.BH.S.0015.160814T1000Z-160815T0000Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- 432 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY 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. && $$ NYZ019-085-141500- /O.EXT.KBUF.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-160814T1500Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 432 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ HITCHCOCK
605 WHUS41 KBUF 141502 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1102 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016 NYZ010-019-085-141615- /O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-160814T1500Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1102 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... $$ NYZ004>007-142315- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-160815T0000Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- 1102 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
299 WHUS41 KBUF 141858 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 258 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016 NYZ004>007-150000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-160815T0000Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- 258 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA...OSWEGO...AND JEFFERSON 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. && $$
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.