Alert archive / New York / Beach Hazards Statements in 2018
Beach Hazards Statement 7, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 18, 2018, 4:37 AM EDT for Monroe County, Orleans County, Wayne County, New York. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2018, 4:37 AM EDT (08:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2018, 1:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 08:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.6 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
- 230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 961 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
204 WHUS41 KBUF 180837 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 437 AM EDT Sat Aug 18 2018 NYZ002>004-181645- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0007.180818T0837Z-180818T1800Z/ Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 437 AM EDT Sat Aug 18 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Orleans, Monroe, and Wayne 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
309 WHUS41 KBUF 181742 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 142 PM EDT Sat Aug 18 2018 NYZ002>004-181845- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0007.000000T0000Z-180818T1800Z/ Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 142 PM EDT Sat Aug 18 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 41 min | |
| Aug 17, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Oswego | 56 min |
| Aug 18, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Genesee | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 3:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:37 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 9 hr | |
| Aug 18, 5:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 80 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in New York, 2018Every beach hazards statement in 2018
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.