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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 12, 2018Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 12, 2018, 10:14 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Jun 13, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2018, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 13, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 13, 2018, 3:34 PM EDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2018-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2018-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

825 
WHUS41 KBUF 130214
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1014 PM EDT Tue Jun 12 2018

NYZ019-085-131015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0002.180613T1800Z-180614T0300Z/
Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
1014 PM EDT Tue Jun 12 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Beach
Hazards Statement, which is in effect from Wednesday afternoon
through Wednesday evening.

* LOCATIONS...Beaches of Chautauqua and Southern Erie counties.

* TIMING...From early Wednesday afternoon through late Wednesday 
  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.

&&

$$

Church
4 follow-up statements
700 
WHUS41 KBUF 130550
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
150 AM EDT Wed Jun 13 2018

NYZ019-085-131500-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0002.180613T1800Z-180614T0300Z/
Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
150 AM EDT Wed Jun 13 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...Beaches of Chautauqua and Southern Erie counties.

* TIMING...From early this afternoon through late 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.

&&

$$
690 
WHUS41 KBUF 131141
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
741 AM EDT Wed Jun 13 2018

NYZ019-085-131945-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0002.180613T1800Z-180614T0300Z/
Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
741 AM EDT Wed Jun 13 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...Beaches of Chautauqua and Southern Erie counties.

* TIMING...From early this afternoon through late 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.

&&

$$
736 
WHUS41 KBUF 131619
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1219 PM EDT Wed Jun 13 2018

NYZ019-085-140030-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0002.180613T1800Z-180614T0300Z/
Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
1219 PM EDT Wed Jun 13 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...Beaches of Chautauqua and Southern Erie counties.

* TIMING...From early this afternoon through late 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.

&&

$$
126 
WHUS41 KBUF 131934
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
334 PM EDT Wed Jun 13 2018

NYZ019-085-132045-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-180614T0300Z/
Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
334 PM EDT Wed Jun 13 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 10:14 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF46 hr
Jun 13, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Jun 13, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie28 min
Jun 13, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF66 min
Jun 13, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF83 min
Jun 13, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus, Chautauqua64 min
Jun 13, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF43 min
Jun 13, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF118 min
Jun 13, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming70 min
Jun 13, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson78 min
Jun 13, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF55 min
Jun 13, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis54 min
Jun 13, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF44 min
Jun 13, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego62 min

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.