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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 27, 2017Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 27, 2017, 1:52 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Jun 27, 2017, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2017, 1:52 AM EDT (05:52 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 27, 2017, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 27, 2017, 8:59 PM EDT
In force
16 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 05:54 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, 5.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2017-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 380 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 2017-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

416 
WHUS41 KBUF 270552
CFWBUF

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
152 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2017

NYZ019-085-271400-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0011.170627T0900Z-170628T0100Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
152 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES.

* TIMING...FROM EARLY 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
4 follow-up statements
003 
WHUS41 KBUF 270845
CFWBUF

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
445 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2017

NYZ019-085-271645-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0011.170627T0900Z-170628T0100Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
445 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2017

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

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES.

* TIMING...FROM EARLY 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.

&&

$$
732 
WHUS41 KBUF 271432
CFWBUF

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1032 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2017

NYZ019-085-272245-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170628T0100Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
1032 AM EDT TUE JUN 27 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF 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.

&&

$$

CHURCH
857 
WHUS41 KBUF 271722
CFWBUF

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
122 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2017

NYZ019-085-280100-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170628T0100Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
122 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF 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.

&&

$$

CHURCH
986 
WHUS41 KBUF 280059
CFWBUF

LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
859 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2017

NYZ019-085-280200-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170628T0100Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
859 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 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 27, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF80 min
Jun 27, 8:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie65 min
Jun 27, 9:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie66 min
Jun 27, 9:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson65 min
Jun 27, 10:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF31 min
Jun 27, 10:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie62 min
Jun 27, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFJefferson60 min
Jun 27, 12:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego48 min
Jun 27, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis61 min
Jun 27, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCayuga56 min
Jun 27, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie48 min
Jun 27, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming27 min
Jun 27, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWyoming34 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.