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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 29, 20195 counties in New York

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2019-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2019-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 2:30 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF32 hr

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in New York, 2019Every beach hazards statement in 2019

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.