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Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 19, 2017, 10:50 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Jun 20, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2017, 10:50 PM EDT (02:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 20, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2017, 10:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 02:52 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
- 95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1346 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
150 WHUS41 KBUF 200250 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1050 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017 NYZ010-019-085-201100- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0007.170620T1200Z-170621T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1050 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
980 WHUS41 KBUF 200829 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 429 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017 NYZ010-019-085-201630- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0007.170620T1200Z-170621T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 429 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. * TIMING...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
916 WHUS41 KBUF 201336 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 936 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017 NYZ010-019-085-202100- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-170621T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 936 AM EDT TUE JUN 20 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. && $$
590 WHUS41 KBUF 202036 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 436 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017 NYZ010-019-085-210300- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-170621T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 436 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
718 WHUS41 KBUF 210204 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1004 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2017 NYZ010-019-085-210315- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-170621T0300Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1004 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Oswego | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 51 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.