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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 31, 2016Monroe County, Wayne County, New York

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2016-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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 2016-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF50 min
Aug 31, 8:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson38 min
Sep 1, 4:35 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF18 hr

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.