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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 23, 2018, 10:40 PM EDT for Monroe County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York. It took effect at Sep 24, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2018, 10:40 PM EDT (02:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2018, 3:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 02:41 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
- 1483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
081 WHUS41 KBUF 240240 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1040 PM EDT Sun Sep 23 2018 NYZ001>003-241045- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0014.180924T1000Z-180924T2000Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe- 1040 PM EDT Sun Sep 23 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 6 AM EDT Monday through Monday afternoon. * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties. * TIMING...From early Monday morning through late Monday afternoon. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
438 WHUS41 KBUF 240837 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 437 AM EDT Mon Sep 24 2018 NYZ001>003-241645- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0014.180924T1000Z-180924T2000Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe- 437 AM EDT Mon Sep 24 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties. * TIMING...From early this morning through late this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when there is a high swim risk. This means life threatening waves and currents are expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. && $$
259 WHUS41 KBUF 241629 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1229 PM EDT Mon Sep 24 2018 NYZ001>003-242000- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-180924T2000Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe- 1229 PM EDT Mon Sep 24 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, and Monroe counties. * TIMING...Through late this afternoon. * 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. && $$
866 WHUS41 KBUF 241954 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 354 PM EDT Mon Sep 24 2018 NYZ001>003-242100- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-180924T2000Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe- 354 PM EDT Mon Sep 24 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. Waves have fallen to below 4 feet on the Niagara, Orleans and Monroe beaches. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 4:37 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 36 hr | |
| Sep 24, 7:19 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | Chautauqua | 14 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.