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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 8, 2021Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 8, 2021, 4:10 AM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Sep 8, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2021, 4:10 AM EDT (08:10 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 8, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 8, 2021, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
17 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 08:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

895 
WHUS41 KBUF 080810
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
410 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

NYZ010-019-085-081615-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0012.210908T1000Z-210909T0300Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
410 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie and Chautauqua counties.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
Reynolds
3 follow-up statements
101 
WHUS41 KBUF 081449
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1049 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

NYZ010-019-085-082300-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210909T0300Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
1049 AM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie and Chautauqua counties.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

Hitchcock
239 
WHUS41 KBUF 082040
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
440 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

NYZ010-019-085-090300-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210909T0300Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
440 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie and Chautauqua 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.

&&

$$
539 
WHUS41 KBUF 090245
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1045 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

NYZ010-019-085-090345-
/O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-210909T0300Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
1045 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF61 min
Sep 7, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara28 min
Sep 8, 12:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara49 min
Sep 8, 5:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFNiagara64 min
Sep 8, 5:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningBUF33 min
Sep 8, 5:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFOrleans32 min
Sep 8, 7:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementBUFErie63 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.