Alert archive / New York / Beach Hazards Statements in 2018

Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 8, 2018Monroe County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 8, 2018, 10:43 PM EDT for Monroe County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It took effect at Sep 9, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2018, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 9, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 9, 2018, 7:41 PM EDT
In force
14 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 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2018-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2018-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

576 
WHUS41 KBUF 090243
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1043 PM EDT Sat Sep 8 2018

NYZ001>003-091045-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0010.180909T1000Z-180910T0000Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-
1043 PM EDT Sat Sep 8 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 6 AM EDT Sunday
through Sunday evening.

* LOCATIONS...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties.

* TIMING...From late tonight through early 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
128 
WHUS41 KBUF 090812
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
412 AM EDT Sun Sep 9 2018

NYZ001>003-091615-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0010.180909T1000Z-180910T0000Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-
412 AM EDT Sun Sep 9 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties.

* TIMING...From early this morning 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.

&&

$$

Hitchcock
483 
WHUS41 KBUF 091253
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
853 AM EDT Sun Sep 9 2018

NYZ001>003-092100-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-180910T0000Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-
853 AM EDT Sun Sep 9 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS 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.

&&

$$
652 
WHUS41 KBUF 091814
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
214 PM EDT Sun Sep 9 2018

NYZ001>003-100000-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-180910T0000Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-
214 PM EDT Sun Sep 9 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS 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.

&&

$$
477 
WHUS41 KBUF 092341
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
741 PM EDT Sun Sep 9 2018

NYZ001>003-100045-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0010.000000T0000Z-180910T0000Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-
741 PM EDT Sun Sep 9 2018

...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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 4:09 AM EDTWind AdvisoryBUFChautauqua, Erie23 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.