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Beach Hazards Statement 10, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 4:09 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 23 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.