Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Buffalo, NY

Issued

Jun 1, 2017, 9:34 AM EDT (13:34 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 1, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT

Expired

Jun 1, 2017, 10:24 PM EDT

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Jefferson County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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612 
WHUS41 KBUF 011334
CFWBUF

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
934 AM EDT THU JUN 1 2017

NYZ006-007-012145-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0004.170601T1700Z-170602T0400Z/
/O.CON.KBUF.LS.W.0007.170601T1700Z-170602T0400Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-
934 AM EDT THU JUN 1 2017

...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS 
AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE OF OSWEGO AND JEFFERSON 
  COUNTIES. THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER AND THOUSAND ISLANDS REGION 
  IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

* LAKE SHORE FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF ALREADY HIGH LAKE
  LEVELS AND BRISK WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING WILL LOCALLY INCREASE LAKE LEVELS IN JEFFERSON AND
  OSWEGO COUNTIES. WAVE ACTION WILL FURTHER INCREASE SHORELINE
  FLOODING AND EROSION.

* TIMING...THE LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING AND BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT 
  IS IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...FLOODING WILL WORSEN IN LOW LYING COASTAL LOCATIONS 
  ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKE SHORE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MANY BAYS 
  AN INLETS ON THE EAST END OF LAKE ONTARIO. WAVE ACTION WILL 
  RESULT IN ADDITIONAL SHORELINE AND BEACH EROSION. THE SAINT 
  LAWRENCE RIVER AND THOUSAND ISLANDS REGION IN JEFFERSON COUNTY 
  WILL ALSO SEE HIGHER WATER LEVELS AND SHORELINE EROSION.

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.

&&

$$

248 
WHUS41 KBUF 012040
CFWBUF

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
440 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2017

NYZ006-007-020400-
/O.CON.KBUF.LS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170602T0400Z/
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170602T0400Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-
440 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2017

...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

* LOCATIONS...LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE OF OSWEGO AND JEFFERSON
  COUNTIES. THE THOUSAND ISLANDS REGION OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE
  RIVER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.

* LAKE SHORE FLOODING...THE COMBINATION OF VERY HIGH LAKE LEVELS
  AND BRISK WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS EVENING WILL LOCALLY 
  INCREASE LAKE LEVELS IN JEFFERSON AND OSWEGO COUNTIES. WAVE 
  ACTION WILL FURTHER INCREASE SHORELINE FLOODING AND EROSION.

* TIMING...THE LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING AND BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT
  IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...FLOODING WILL WORSEN IN LOW LYING COASTAL LOCATIONS
  ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE...ESPECIALLY IN THE MANY BAYS AN 
  INLETS ON THE EAST END OF LAKE ONTARIO. WAVE ACTION WILL RESULT 
  IN ADDITIONAL SHORELINE AND BEACH EROSION. THE THOUSAND ISLANDS 
  REGION OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY WILL ALSO
  SEE HIGHER WATER LEVELS AND GREATER SHORELINE EROSION.

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.

&&

$$

HITCHCOCK

651 
WHUS41 KBUF 020224
CFWBUF

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1024 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2017

NYZ006-007-020330-
/O.CAN.KBUF.LS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170602T0400Z/
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170602T0400Z/
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-
1024 PM EDT THU JUN 1 2017

...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS CANCELLED THE
LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

WINDS AND WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT ON LAKE
ONTARIO...REDUCING SHORELINE EROSION AND FLOODING AT THE EASTERN
END OF THE LAKE.

$$

HITCHCOCK

Beach Hazards Statements in New York, 2017Every beach hazards statement in 2017

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.