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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 22, 2017Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at May 22, 2017, 8:43 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at May 22, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2017, 8:43 AM EDT (12:43 UTC)
In effect from
May 22, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 22, 2017, 7:41 PM EDT
In force
10 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 12:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 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 12:00Z on 2017-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2017-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

745 
WHUS41 KBUF 221243
CFWBUF

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
843 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2017

NYZ010-019-085-222045-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0002.170522T1400Z-170523T0000Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
843 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING.

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

* 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.

&&

$$

HITCHCOCK
2 follow-up statements
399 
WHUS41 KBUF 221836
CFWBUF

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
236 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017

NYZ010-019-085-230000-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170523T0000Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
236 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

* 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.

&&

$$

HITCHCOCK
541 
WHUS41 KBUF 222341
CFWBUF

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
741 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2017

NYZ010-019-085-230045-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170523T0000Z/
NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
741 PM EDT MON MAY 22 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
May 22, 8:26 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF11 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.