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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 23, 2018Monroe County, Niagara County, Orleans County, New York

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2018-09-24Temperature 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 2018-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 4:37 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF36 hr
Sep 24, 7:19 PM EDTWind AdvisoryBUFChautauqua14 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.