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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 29, 2019, 2:30 AM EDT for 5 counties in New York. It took effect at Sep 29, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2019, 2:30 AM EDT (06:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2019, 9:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
302 WHUS41 KBUF 290630 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 230 AM EDT Sun Sep 29 2019 NYZ001>004-291430- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0016.190929T1000Z-190929T1800Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 230 AM EDT Sun Sep 29 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from 6 AM this morning to 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, and Wayne counties. * TIMING...From 6 AM this morning to 2 PM EDT 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. && $$ Hitchcock
4 follow-up statements
314 WHUS41 KBUF 291045 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 645 AM EDT Sun Sep 29 2019 NYZ001>004-291800- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-190929T1800Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 645 AM EDT Sun Sep 29 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, and Wayne counties. * TIMING...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when there is a high swim risk. This means life threatening waves and currents are expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. && $$ Hitchcock
662 WHUS41 KBUF 291434 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1034 AM EDT Sun Sep 29 2019 NYZ019-292245- /O.EXB.KBUF.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-190930T0200Z/ Chautauqua- 1034 AM EDT Sun Sep 29 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect until 10 PM EDT this evening. * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Chautauqua county. * TIMING...Until 10 PM EDT 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. && $$ NYZ001>004-292100- /O.EXT.KBUF.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-190929T2100Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 1034 AM EDT Sun Sep 29 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, and Wayne counties. * TIMING...Until 5 PM EDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when there is a high swim risk. This means life threatening waves and currents are expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. && $$
953 WHUS41 KBUF 292039 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 439 PM EDT Sun Sep 29 2019 NYZ001>004-292145- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-190929T2100Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 439 PM EDT Sun Sep 29 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. $$ NYZ019-300200- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-190930T0200Z/ Chautauqua- 439 PM EDT Sun Sep 29 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Chautauqua county. * TIMING...Until 10 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when there is a high swim risk. This means life threatening waves and currents are expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. && $$
806 WHUS41 KBUF 300157 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 957 PM EDT Sun Sep 29 2019 NYZ019-300300- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-190930T0200Z/ Chautauqua- 957 PM EDT Sun Sep 29 2019 ...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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 32 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.