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Beach Hazards Statement 32, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 28, 2017, 10:42 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Sep 29, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2017, 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2017, 9:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 02:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
355 WHUS41 KBUF 290242 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1042 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017 NYZ019-085-291045- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0032.170929T1800Z-170930T0000Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1042 PM EDT THU SEP 28 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 AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY 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. && $$ NYZ010-291045- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0032.170929T2000Z-170930T0000Z/ NORTHERN ERIE- 1042 PM EDT THU SEP 28 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY. * TIMING...FROM LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ WOOD
4 follow-up statements
533 WHUS41 KBUF 290855 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 455 AM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 NYZ019-085-291700- /O.EXT.KBUF.BH.S.0032.170929T1800Z-170930T1500Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 455 AM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ NYZ010-291700- /O.EXT.KBUF.BH.S.0032.170929T2000Z-170930T0500Z/ NORTHERN ERIE- 455 AM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
395 WHUS41 KBUF 291456 CFWBUF URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1056 AM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 NYZ001>004-292300- /O.NEW.KBUF.LS.W.0015.170930T0000Z-170930T1200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE- 1056 AM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA, ORLEANS, MONROE, AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * LAKE SHORE FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH LAKE LEVELS AND BUILDING WAVE ACTION COULD CONTRIBUTE TO FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND INCREASED OVERALL EROSION ALONG THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE. * TIMING...TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...FLOODING AND INCREASED EROSION...PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING MEANS LAKESHORE FLOODING IS OCCURRING, IS IMMINENT, OR IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. && $$ NYZ019-085-292300- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0032.170929T1800Z-170930T1500Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1056 AM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ NYZ010-292300- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0032.170929T2000Z-170930T0500Z/ NORTHERN ERIE- 1056 AM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY. * TIMING...FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * 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. && $$
910 WHUS41 KBUF 292046 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 446 PM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 NYZ001>004-300500- /O.CON.KBUF.LS.W.0015.170930T0000Z-170930T1200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE- 446 PM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA, ORLEANS, MONROE, AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * LAKE SHORE FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH LAKE LEVELS AND BUILDING WAVE ACTION COULD CONTRIBUTE TO FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND INCREASED OVERALL EROSION ALONG THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE. * TIMING...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FLOODING AND INCREASED EROSION...PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING MEANS LAKESHORE FLOODING IS OCCURRING, IS IMMINENT, OR IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. && $$ NYZ019-085-300500- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0032.000000T0000Z-170930T1500Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 446 PM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ NYZ010-300500- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0032.000000T0000Z-170930T0500Z/ NORTHERN ERIE- 446 PM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
464 WHUS41 KBUF 300146 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 946 PM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 NYZ019-301000- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0032.000000T0000Z-170930T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0033.170930T1200Z-170930T1500Z/ CHAUTAUQUA- 946 PM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY. * TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$ NYZ085-300300- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0032.000000T0000Z-170930T1500Z/ SOUTHERN ERIE- 946 PM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ NYZ010-300300- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0032.000000T0000Z-170930T0500Z/ NORTHERN ERIE- 946 PM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ NYZ001>004-301000- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0033.170930T1200Z-170930T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBUF.LS.W.0015.000000T0000Z-170930T1200Z/ NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-WAYNE- 946 PM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...NIAGARA, ORLEANS, MONROE, AND WAYNE COUNTIES. * LAKE SHORE FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH LAKE LEVELS AND BUILDING WAVE ACTION COULD CONTRIBUTE TO FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND INCREASED OVERALL EROSION ALONG THE LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE. * TIMING...THE LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...FLOODING AND INCREASED EROSION...PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING MEANS LAKESHORE FLOODING IS OCCURRING, IS IMMINENT, OR IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. PEOPLE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ NYZ005-006-301000- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0033.170930T1200Z-170930T1800Z/ NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO- 946 PM EDT FRI SEP 29 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN CAYUGA AND OSWEGO COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 4:52 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 5 hr | |
| Sep 29, 9:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 90 min | |
| Sep 29, 10:19 AM EDT | Gale Warning | BUF | 18 hr | |
| Sep 29, 10:56 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Warning | BUF | Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Wayne | 18 hr |
| Sep 29, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 56 min | |
| Sep 29, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 63 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.