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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Buffalo, NY

June 12, 20204 counties in New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jun 12, 2020, 4:18 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jun 12, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2020, 4:18 AM EDT (08:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 12, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 12, 2020, 10:12 PM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

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

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2020-06-12Temperature 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 2020-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

198 
WHUS41 KBUF 120818
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
418 AM EDT Fri Jun 12 2020

NYZ004>007-121800-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0005.200612T1500Z-200613T0300Z/
Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-
418 AM EDT Fri Jun 12 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

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

* WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
JLA
2 follow-up statements
684 
WHUS41 KBUF 121723
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
123 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2020

NYZ004>007-130130-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200613T0300Z/
Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-
123 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

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

* WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
053 
WHUS41 KBUF 130212
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1012 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2020

NYZ004>007-130315-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-200613T0300Z/
Wayne-Northern Cayuga-Oswego-Jefferson-
1012 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 4:17 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF18 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.