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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Buffalo, NY
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.
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, 8.2 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 61 min | |
| Sep 7, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 12:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 49 min |
| Sep 8, 5:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 5:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 33 min | |
| Sep 8, 5:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 32 min |
| Sep 8, 7:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Erie | 63 min |
Nearby
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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.