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Beach Hazards Statement 18, NWS Buffalo, NY
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 64 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.