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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 26, 2017Chautauqua County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 26, 2017, 4:17 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, New York. It took effect at Jun 26, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2017, 4:17 AM EDT (08:17 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 26, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 26, 2017, 10:29 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

County Chautauqua County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2017-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 311 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 2017-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

305 
WHUS41 KBUF 260817
CFWBUF

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
417 AM EDT MON JUN 26 2017

NYZ019-261630-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0010.170626T1600Z-170627T0300Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-
417 AM EDT MON JUN 26 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.

* TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING 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.

&&

$$

SMITH
3 follow-up statements
261 
WHUS41 KBUF 261454
CFWBUF

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1054 AM EDT MON JUN 26 2017

NYZ019-262300-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0010.170626T1600Z-170627T0300Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-
1054 AM EDT MON JUN 26 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.

* TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING 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.

&&

$$
794 
WHUS41 KBUF 270025
CFWBUF

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
825 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2017

NYZ019-270300-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-170627T0300Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-
825 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY.

* 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.

&&

$$
207 
WHUS41 KBUF 270229
CFWBUF

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1029 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2017

NYZ019-270330-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-170627T0300Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-
1029 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2017

...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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 10:03 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF6 hr
Jun 26, 8:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF62 min
Jun 26, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF60 min
Jun 26, 10:57 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF33 min
Jun 26, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne29 min
Jun 26, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF92 min
Jun 26, 3:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga52 min
Jun 26, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming47 min
Jun 26, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming58 min
Jun 26, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFMonroe, Wayne25 min
Jun 26, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF86 min
Jun 26, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFLivingston, Ontario45 min
Jun 26, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne56 min
Jun 26, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF65 min

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in New York, 2017Every beach hazards statement in 2017

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.