Alert archive / New York / Beach Hazards Statements in 2018
Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 17, 2018, 10:17 PM EDT for Monroe County, Orleans County, Wayne County, New York. It took effect at Jul 18, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2018, 10:17 PM EDT (02:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 18, 2018, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2018, 10:27 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Monroe County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 2089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
534 WHUS41 KBUF 180217 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1017 PM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 NYZ002>004-181030- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0005.180718T1000Z-180718T1800Z/ Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 1017 PM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 6 AM EDT Wednesday through early Wednesday afternoon. * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Orleans, Monroe, and Wayne counties. * TIMING...Wednesday morning through early Wednesday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
952 WHUS41 KBUF 180755 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 355 AM EDT Wed Jul 18 2018 NYZ002>004-181600- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0005.180718T1000Z-180718T1800Z/ Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 355 AM EDT Wed Jul 18 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Orleans, Monroe, and Wayne counties. * TIMING...From early this morning through early this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when there is a high swim risk. This means life threatening waves and currents are expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. && $$
885 WHUS41 KBUF 181427 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1027 AM EDT Wed Jul 18 2018 NYZ002>004-181530- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-180718T1800Z/ Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 1027 AM EDT Wed Jul 18 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. $$
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.