Alert archive / New York / Beach Hazards Statements in 2017
Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at May 15, 2017, 6:20 AM EDT for Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2017, 6:20 AM EDT (10:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2017, 1:21 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 98 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
885 WHUS41 KBUF 151020 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 620 AM EDT MON MAY 15 2017 NYZ004>006-151800- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0001.170515T1020Z-170515T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.LS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170515T1800Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- 620 AM EDT MON MAY 15 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...WAYNE, NORTHERN CAYUGA, AND OSWEGO COUNTIES. * LAKE SHORE FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH LAKE LEVELS, BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS, AND HIGH WAVES WILL RESULT IN INCREASED FLOODING AND SHORELINE EROSION ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE. * TIMING...THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FLOODING IN LOW LYING...FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKE SHORE...AND IN BAYS AND INLETS. WAVE ACTION WILL RESULT IN INCREASED SHORELINE AND BEACH EROSION. THERE WILL ALSO BE STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING MEANS LAKESHORE FLOODING IS OCCURRING, IS IMMINENT, OR IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. 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. && $$ JJR
1 follow-up statement
951 WHUS41 KBUF 151721 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 121 PM EDT MON MAY 15 2017 NYZ004>006-151830- /O.CAN.KBUF.LS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170515T1800Z/ /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-170515T1800Z/ WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- 121 PM EDT MON MAY 15 2017 ...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
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.