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Beach Hazards Statement 8, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 24, 2017, 4:51 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2017, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2017, 9:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 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 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
528 WHUS41 KBUF 242051 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 451 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017 NYZ019-085-250200- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0008.170624T2051Z-170625T0200Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 451 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
241 WHUS41 KBUF 242141 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 541 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017 NYZ010-250200- /O.EXA.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170625T0200Z/ NORTHERN ERIE- 541 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$ NYZ019-085-250200- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170625T0200Z/ CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 541 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE 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. && $$
319 WHUS41 KBUF 250124 CFWBUF LAKESHORE HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 924 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017 NYZ010-019-085-250930- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0008.000000T0000Z-170625T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0009.170625T1600Z-170626T0200Z/ NORTHERN ERIE-CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE- 924 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF ERIE AND CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES. * TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A HIGH SWIM RISK. THIS MEANS LIFE THREATENING WAVES AND CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. STAY OUT OF THE WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM DANGEROUS AREAS LIKE PIERS AND BREAKWALLS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 2:49 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 3 days | |
| Jun 24, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 4:53 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 4 hr | |
| Jun 24, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 46 min | |
| Jun 24, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 49 min |
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.