Alert archive / New York / Beach Hazards Statements in 2018
Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 5, 2018, 10:34 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 6, 2018, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2018, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 6, 2018, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2018, 1:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Cayuga County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
530 WHUS41 KBUF 060234 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1034 PM EDT Thu Jul 5 2018 NYZ003>006-061045- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0004.180706T0900Z-180706T1800Z/ Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 1034 PM EDT Thu Jul 5 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 5 AM EDT Friday through Friday afternoon. * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, and Oswego counties. * TIMING...From late tonight through early Friday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
093 WHUS41 KBUF 060836 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 436 AM EDT Fri Jul 6 2018 NYZ003>006-061645- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0004.180706T0900Z-180706T1800Z/ Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 436 AM EDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, and Oswego counties. * TIMING...From early this morning through early this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when there is a high swim risk. This means life threatening waves and currents are expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. && $$
540 WHUS41 KBUF 061241 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 841 AM EDT Fri Jul 6 2018 NYZ003>006-061800- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-180706T1800Z/ Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 841 AM EDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, and Oswego counties. * TIMING...Through early 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. && $$ SMITH
242 WHUS41 KBUF 061751 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 151 PM EDT Fri Jul 6 2018 NYZ003>006-061900- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-180706T1800Z/ Monroe-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego- 151 PM EDT Fri Jul 6 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. Waves will remain choppy 2 to 4 feet this afternoon with a moderate swim risk. $$ Smith
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 81 min | |
| Jul 5, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 29 min | |
| Jul 5, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 10:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 32 min | |
| Jul 6, 1:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Lewis | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 3:34 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 4 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.