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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 28, 2017, 9:46 PM EDT for Erie County, New York. It took effect at Jun 29, 2017, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2017, 9:46 PM EDT (01:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 29, 2017, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2017, 6:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
County Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 1784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
723 WHUS41 KBUF 290146 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 946 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2017 NYZ010-085-291000- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0012.170629T1300Z-170630T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- 946 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE COUNTY. * TIMING...FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
418 WHUS41 KBUF 290838 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 438 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 NYZ010-085-291645- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0012.170629T1300Z-170630T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- 438 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE COUNTY. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
697 WHUS41 KBUF 291436 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1036 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 NYZ010-085-292245- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170630T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1036 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY 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. && $$ CHURCH
578 WHUS41 KBUF 292041 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 441 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 NYZ010-085-300000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170630T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- 441 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
817 WHUS41 KBUF 292254 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 654 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2017 NYZ010-085-300000- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-170630T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- 654 PM EDT THU JUN 29 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 9:46 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 21 hr |
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.