Alert archive / New York / Beach Hazards Statements in 2018
Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 20, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It took effect at Sep 21, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2018, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2018, 7:36 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 1061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
168 WHUS41 KBUF 210200 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1000 PM EDT Thu Sep 20 2018 NYZ001-007-010-085-211000- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0012.180921T1200Z-180922T0000Z/ Niagara-Jefferson-Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 1000 PM EDT Thu Sep 20 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 8 AM EDT Friday through Friday evening. * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Niagara, Jefferson, Northern Erie, and Southern Erie counties. * TIMING...From early Friday morning through early Friday 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. && $$ RSH
4 follow-up statements
498 WHUS41 KBUF 210854 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 454 AM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 NYZ001-007-010-085-211700- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0012.180921T1200Z-180922T0000Z/ Niagara-Jefferson-Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 454 AM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Niagara, Jefferson, Northern Erie, and Southern Erie counties. * TIMING...From early this morning through early this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when there is a high swim risk. This means life threatening waves and currents are expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. && $$
331 WHUS41 KBUF 211441 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1041 AM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 NYZ001-007-010-085-212245- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180922T0000Z/ Niagara-Jefferson-Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 1041 AM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Niagara, Jefferson, Northern Erie, and Southern Erie 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. && $$
738 WHUS41 KBUF 212117 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 517 PM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 NYZ002-019-220000- /O.EXA.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180922T0000Z/ Orleans-Chautauqua- 517 PM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening. * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Orleans and Chautauqua counties. * TIMING...Through early this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. $$ NYZ001-007-010-085-220000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180922T0000Z/ Niagara-Jefferson-Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 517 PM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Niagara, Jefferson, Northern Erie, and Southern Erie 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. && $$
729 WHUS41 KBUF 212336 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 736 PM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 NYZ001-002-007-010-019-085-220045- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-180922T0000Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Jefferson-Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie- 736 PM EDT Fri Sep 21 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. Gusty northwest winds will likely produce dangerous swimming conditions Saturday with significant wave action and strong currents for portions of the Lake Erie and Lake Ontario shorelines. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 60 min | |
| Sep 21, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 45 min |
| Sep 21, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 48 min |
| Sep 21, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Wyoming | 66 min |
| Sep 21, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming | 59 min |
| Sep 21, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 70 min | |
| Sep 21, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 54 min |
| Sep 21, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Ontario | 23 min |
| Sep 21, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 46 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in New York, 2018Every beach hazards statement in 2018
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.