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Beach Hazards Statement 21, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 17, 2017, 10:46 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Aug 18, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 2017, 10:46 PM EDT (02:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 18, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2017, 10:22 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 02:47 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, 2.8 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
- 245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
970 WHUS41 KBUF 180246 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1046 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2017 NYZ019-181100- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0021.170818T2000Z-170819T0300Z/ CHAUTAUQUA- 1046 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. * TIMING...FROM LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY 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. && $$ NYZ010-085-181100- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0021.170818T2100Z-170819T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1046 PM EDT THU AUG 17 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE COUNTY. * TIMING...FROM LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
916 WHUS41 KBUF 180801 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 401 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017 NYZ010-019-085-181615- /O.EXT.KBUF.BH.S.0021.170818T1600Z-170819T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 401 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY 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. && $$ HITCHCOCK
582 WHUS41 KBUF 181435 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1035 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017 NYZ010-019-085-182245- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0021.170818T1600Z-170819T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1035 AM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
132 WHUS41 KBUF 181756 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 156 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017 NYZ010-019-085-190200- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-170819T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 156 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 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. && $$
693 WHUS41 KBUF 182039 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 439 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017 NYZ010-019-085-190300- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-170819T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 439 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
011 WHUS41 KBUF 190222 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1022 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017 NYZ010-019-085-190330- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0021.000000T0000Z-170819T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1022 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 10:46 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 53 hr | |
| Aug 18, 1:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 2:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 58 min |
Nearby
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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.