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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 31, 2016, 10:09 PM EDT for Monroe County, Wayne County, New York. It took effect at Sep 1, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2016, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 1, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2016, 4:20 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Monroe County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
803 WHUS41 KBUF 010209 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1009 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016 NYZ003-004-011015- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0019.160901T1200Z-160901T1800Z/ MONROE-WAYNE- 1009 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF MONROE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
774 WHUS41 KBUF 010820 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 420 AM EDT THU SEP 1 2016 NYZ003-004-010930- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0019.160901T1200Z-160901T1800Z/ MONROE-WAYNE- 420 AM EDT THU SEP 1 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. WINDS AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A MODERATE SWIMMING RISK THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF TODAY. $$ HITCHCOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 50 min | |
| Aug 31, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 4:35 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 18 hr |
Nearby
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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.