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Beach Hazards Statement 20, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 12, 2017, 4:38 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Aug 12, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 2017, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 12, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2017, 10:08 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
430 WHUS41 KBUF 120838 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 438 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 NYZ010-019-085-121645- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0020.170812T1400Z-170813T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 438 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
747 WHUS41 KBUF 121554 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1154 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 NYZ010-019-085-130000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-170813T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1154 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ HITCHCOCK
634 WHUS41 KBUF 121849 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 249 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 NYZ010-019-085-130300- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-170813T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 249 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA 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. && $$ HITCHCOCK
322 WHUS41 KBUF 130208 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1008 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 NYZ010-019-085-130315- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0020.000000T0000Z-170813T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1008 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ JJR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 96 min | |
| Aug 12, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 4:39 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 18 hr | |
| Aug 12, 1:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Aug 12, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Oswego, Wayne | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 65 min |
| Aug 12, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 31 min | |
| Aug 12, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 min | |
| Aug 12, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wyoming | 28 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.