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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Buffalo, NY

May 29, 2020Cayuga County, Jefferson County, Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at May 29, 2020, 1:56 PM EDT for Cayuga County, Jefferson County, Oswego County, New York. It took effect at May 30, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2020, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)
In effect from
May 30, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 30, 2020, 3:50 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Cayuga County, NY, Jefferson County, NY, Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 12:00Z on 2020-05-29Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2020-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1304 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

227 
WHUS41 KBUF 291756
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
156 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020

NYZ005>007-300200-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0001.200530T0500Z-200530T1300Z/
Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-
156 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EDT SATURDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions 
  expected.

* WHERE...Beaches of Northern Cayuga, Oswego, and Jefferson 
  counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
449 
WHUS41 KBUF 292335
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
735 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020

NYZ005>007-300745-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0001.200530T0500Z-200530T1300Z/
Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-
735 PM EDT Fri May 29 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EDT
SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions 
  expected.

* WHERE...Beaches of Northern Cayuga, Oswego, and Jefferson 
  counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
662 
WHUS41 KBUF 300750
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
350 AM EDT Sat May 30 2020

NYZ005>007-300900-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200530T1300Z/
Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-
350 AM EDT Sat May 30 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

Winds and waves will continue to subside early this morning.

$$

Hitchcock

The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 11:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis27 min
May 29, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF42 min
May 29, 12:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF27 min
May 29, 12:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie43 min
May 29, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Wyoming46 min
May 29, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Oswego, Wayne21 min
May 29, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFGenesee33 min
May 29, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF24 min
May 29, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Oswego34 min
May 29, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFGenesee, Monroe, Orleans, Wayne47 min
May 29, 1:57 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF14 hr
May 29, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus32 min
May 29, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
May 29, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis32 min
May 29, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFCattaraugus, Wyoming61 min
May 29, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming53 min
May 29, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFWayne42 min
May 29, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF53 min
May 29, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOswego42 min
May 29, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFCayuga, Wayne26 min
May 29, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFJefferson, Lewis, Oswego47 min
May 29, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF54 min
May 29, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFChautauqua45 min
May 29, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis25 min
May 29, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie40 min
May 29, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFLewis50 min
May 29, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF24 min
May 29, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Niagara40 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.