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Beach Hazards Statement 19, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 8, 2020, 4:18 PM EDT for Monroe County, Wayne County, New York. It took effect at Sep 8, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2020, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 8, 2020, 5:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2020, 1:37 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Monroe County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
522 WHUS41 KBUF 082018 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 418 PM EDT Tue Sep 8 2020 NYZ003-004-090430- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0019.200908T2100Z-200909T0600Z/ Monroe-Wayne- 418 PM EDT Tue Sep 8 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Monroe and Wayne counties. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
2 follow-up statements
158 WHUS41 KBUF 090213 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1013 PM EDT Tue Sep 8 2020 NYZ003-004-090600- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-200909T0600Z/ Monroe-Wayne- 1013 PM EDT Tue Sep 8 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Monroe and Wayne counties. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
426 WHUS41 KBUF 090537 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 137 AM EDT Wed Sep 9 2020 NYZ003-004-090645- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0019.000000T0000Z-200909T0600Z/ Monroe-Wayne- 137 AM EDT Wed Sep 9 2020 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Winds and waves will continue to subside overnight. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 4:18 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 9 hr |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in New York, 2020Every beach hazards statement in 2020
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.