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Beach Hazards Statement 22, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 19, 2017, 1:36 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Aug 19, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2017, 1:36 AM EDT (05:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 19, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2017, 10:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Oswego County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:38 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
722 WHUS41 KBUF 190536 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 136 AM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017 NYZ010-019-085-191345- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0022.170819T1000Z-170820T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 136 AM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA 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. && $$ NYZ006-007-191345- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0022.170819T1000Z-170820T0300Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- 136 AM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF OSWEGO AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ HITCHCOCK
4 follow-up statements
566 WHUS41 KBUF 191042 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 642 AM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017 NYZ010-019-085-191845- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-170820T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 642 AM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA 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. && $$ NYZ006-007-191845- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-170820T0300Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- 642 AM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF OSWEGO AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ HITCHCOCK
140 WHUS41 KBUF 191332 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 932 AM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017 NYZ010-019-085-192145- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-170820T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 932 AM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. && $$ NYZ006-007-192145- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-170820T0300Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- 932 AM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF OSWEGO AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
832 WHUS41 KBUF 192037 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 437 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017 NYZ010-019-085-200300- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-170820T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 437 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 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. && $$ NYZ006-007-200300- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-170820T0300Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON- 437 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF OSWEGO AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
736 WHUS41 KBUF 200240 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1040 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 2017 NYZ006-007-010-019-085-200345- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0022.000000T0000Z-170820T0300Z/ OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1040 PM EDT SAT AUG 19 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 19, 1:36 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 18 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.