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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 1, 2016, 4:38 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Jul 1, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2016, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2016, 9:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 08:39 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
642 WHUS41 KBUF 010838 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 438 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 NYZ010-019-085-011645- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0005.160701T1800Z-160702T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 438 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
646 WHUS41 KBUF 011412 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1012 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 NYZ010-019-085-012215- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0005.160701T1800Z-160702T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1012 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ RSH
433 WHUS41 KBUF 011731 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 131 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 NYZ010-019-085-020145- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0005.160701T1800Z-160702T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 131 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE 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. && $$ RSH
573 WHUS41 KBUF 011939 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 339 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 NYZ010-019-085-020300- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-160702T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 339 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE...CHAUTAUQUA...AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
687 WHUS41 KBUF 020159 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 959 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016 NYZ010-019-085-020300- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-160702T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 959 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 11:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 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.