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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 22, 20164 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 22, 2016, 4:14 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 22, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2016, 4:14 AM EDT (08:14 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 22, 2016, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 22, 2016, 10:46 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 93 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

081 
WHUS41 KBUF 220814
CFWBUF

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
414 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2016

NYZ003>006-221500-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0018.160822T1000Z-160822T1500Z/
MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-
414 AM EDT MON AUG 22 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 MONROE...WAYNE...NORTHERN CAYUGA...AND 
  OSWEGO 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
638 
WHUS41 KBUF 221446
CFWBUF

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1046 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2016

NYZ003>006-221600-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0018.000000T0000Z-160822T1500Z/
MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-
1046 AM EDT MON AUG 22 2016

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT.

WINDS AND WAVES HAVE DIMINISHED.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF64 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.