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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 15, 2017Cayuga County, Oswego County, Wayne County, New York

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2017-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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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.


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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.