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Beach Hazards Statement 30, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 27, 2017, 4:51 PM EDT for Monroe County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 2017, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2017, 7:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
094 WHUS41 KBUF 272051 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 451 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 NYZ001>003-280000- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0030.170927T2051Z-170928T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE- 451 PM EDT WED SEP 27 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 NIAGARA, ORLEANS, AND MONROE 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
787 WHUS41 KBUF 272343 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 743 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 NYZ001>003-280045- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0030.000000T0000Z-170928T0000Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE- 743 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ WOOD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2:03 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 32 hr |
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.