Alert archive / New York / Beach Hazards Statements in 2018

Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 9, 2018Monroe County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 9, 2018, 9:49 PM EDT for Monroe County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It took effect at Sep 10, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 2018, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 10, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 10, 2018, 7:47 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 01:48 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, 1.8 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 2018-09-10Temperature 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 2018-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

075 
WHUS41 KBUF 100149
CFWBUF

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

NYZ001>003-101000-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0011.180910T1000Z-180911T0000Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-
949 PM EDT Sun Sep 9 2018

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

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

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

* TIMING...From late tonight through early Monday 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
812 
WHUS41 KBUF 100736
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
336 AM EDT Mon Sep 10 2018

NYZ001>003-101545-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0011.180910T1000Z-180911T0000Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-
336 AM EDT Mon Sep 10 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
032 
WHUS41 KBUF 101426
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1026 AM EDT Mon Sep 10 2018

NYZ001>003-102230-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-180911T0000Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-
1026 AM EDT Mon Sep 10 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.

&&

$$
146 
WHUS41 KBUF 102038
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
438 PM EDT Mon Sep 10 2018

NYZ001>003-110000-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-180911T0000Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-
438 PM EDT Mon Sep 10 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.

&&

$$
600 
WHUS41 KBUF 102347
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
747 PM EDT Mon Sep 10 2018

NYZ001>003-110100-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0011.000000T0000Z-180911T0000Z/
Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-
747 PM EDT Mon Sep 10 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has cancelled the Beach
Hazards Statement.

$$

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.