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Beach Hazards Statement 6, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 9, 2019, 4:31 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Aug 9, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2019, 4:31 AM EDT (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 9, 2019, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2019, 10:27 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 919 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
300 WHUS41 KBUF 090831 CFWBUF Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 431 AM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019 NYZ004>007-091700- /O.CON.KBUF.LS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-190810T0900Z/ Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson- 431 AM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019 ...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, and Jefferson counties. * LAKE SHORE FLOODING...The combination of very high lake levels and a prolonged period of brisk westerly to west-northwesterly winds will result in greater wave action and increased lakeshore flooding and erosion along the eastern and southeastern shoreline of Lake Ontario. * TIMING...Until 5 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Lakeshore flooding impacts will increase, especially in bays, inlets, and other low lying areas along the shoreline. Increased wave action will produce an increase in shoreline erosion. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Lakeshore Flood Warning means lakeshore flooding is occurring, is imminent, or is expected to occur. People in the warning area should take immediate action to protect life and property. Listen to local radio...television...or NOAA Weather Radio for further information. && $$ NYZ019-085-091700- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0006.190809T1600Z-190810T0300Z/ Chautauqua-Southern Erie- 431 AM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a Beach Hazards Statement, which is in effect from noon EDT today through this evening. * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Chautauqua and Southern Erie counties. * TIMING...From noon EDT today through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when there is a high swim risk. This means life threatening waves and currents are expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. && $$ JJR
2 follow-up statements
539 WHUS41 KBUF 091611 CFWBUF Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1211 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019 NYZ004>007-100300- /O.CON.KBUF.LS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-190810T0900Z/ Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson- 1211 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019 ...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, and Jefferson counties. * LAKE SHORE FLOODING...The combination of very high lake levels and a prolonged period of brisk westerly to west-northwesterly winds will result in greater wave action and increased lakeshore flooding and erosion along the eastern and southeastern shoreline of Lake Ontario. * TIMING...Until 5 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Lakeshore flooding impacts will increase, especially in bays, inlets, and other low lying areas along the shoreline. Increased wave action will produce an increase in shoreline erosion. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Lakeshore Flood Warning means lakeshore flooding is occurring, is imminent, or is expected to occur. People in the warning area should take immediate action to protect life and property. Listen to local radio...television...or NOAA Weather Radio for further information. && $$ NYZ019-085-100300- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190810T0300Z/ Chautauqua-Southern Erie- 1211 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Beaches of Chautauqua and Southern Erie counties. * TIMING...Until 11 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Beach Hazards Statement is issued when there is a high swim risk. This means life threatening waves and currents are expected. Stay out of the water and stay away from dangerous areas like piers and breakwalls. && $$
314 WHUS41 KBUF 100227 CFWBUF Lakeshore Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1027 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019 NYZ019-085-100330- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0006.000000T0000Z-190810T0300Z/ Chautauqua-Southern Erie- 1027 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Buffalo has cancelled the Beach Hazards Statement. Winds and waves will continue to subside overnight. $$ NYZ004>007-100900- /O.CON.KBUF.LS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-190810T0900Z/ Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson- 1027 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2019 ...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATIONS...Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Oswego, and Jefferson counties. * LAKE SHORE FLOODING...The combination of very high lake levels and a prolonged period of brisk west-northwest winds will result in greater wave action and increased lakeshore flooding and erosion along the eastern and southeastern shoreline of Lake Ontario. * TIMING...Until 5 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Lakeshore flooding impacts will increase, especially in bays, inlets, and other low lying areas along the shoreline. Increased wave action will produce an increase in shoreline erosion. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Lakeshore Flood Warning means lakeshore flooding is occurring, is imminent, or is expected to occur. People in the warning area should take immediate action to protect life and property. Listen to local radio...television...or NOAA Weather Radio for further information. && $$ Hitchcock
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 51 min | |
| Aug 9, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Wayne | 31 min |
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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.