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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 7, 2016, 10:34 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Sep 8, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2016, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 8, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2016, 7:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 679 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
451 WHUS41 KBUF 080234 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1034 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2016 NYZ010-019-085-081045- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0021.160908T1500Z-160909T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1034 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
288 WHUS41 KBUF 080847 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 447 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2016 NYZ010-019-085-081700- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0021.160908T1500Z-160909T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 447 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
374 WHUS41 KBUF 081509 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1109 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2016 NYZ010-019-085-082315- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-160909T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1109 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...AND SOUTHERN ERIE 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. && $$ SMITH
760 WHUS41 KBUF 082042 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 442 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016 NYZ010-019-085-090000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-160909T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 442 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ RSH
964 WHUS41 KBUF 082352 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 752 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016 NYZ010-019-085-090100- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-160909T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 752 PM EDT THU SEP 8 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 61 min |
| Sep 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 92 min | |
| Sep 8, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 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.