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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 11, 2021Chautauqua County, Erie County, Jefferson County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 11, 2021, 4:14 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, Jefferson County, New York. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2021, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Buffalo, NY

Counties Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Jefferson County, NY

The radar

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2021-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

399 
WHUS41 KBUF 112014
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
414 PM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021

NYZ010-085-120430-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0013.210911T2014Z-210912T2200Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
414 PM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie county.

* WHEN...Through Sunday afternoon.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
003 
WHUS41 KBUF 120210
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1010 PM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021

NYZ010-085-121100-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210912T2200Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
1010 PM EDT Sat Sep 11 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie county.

* WHEN...Through Sunday afternoon.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
835 
WHUS41 KBUF 120804
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
404 AM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021

NYZ007-121800-
/O.EXB.KBUF.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210912T1800Z/
Jefferson-
404 AM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Jefferson county.

* WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

NYZ019-121800-
/O.EXA.KBUF.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210912T2200Z/
Chautauqua-
404 AM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Chautauqua county.

* WHEN...Through this afternoon.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

NYZ010-085-121800-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210912T2200Z/
Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
404 AM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Beaches of Erie county.

* WHEN...Through this afternoon.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
JLA
296 
WHUS41 KBUF 121734
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
134 PM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021

NYZ007-121845-
/O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210912T1800Z/
Jefferson-
134 PM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

$$

NYZ010-019-085-122200-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210912T2200Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
134 PM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

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

* WHEN...Until 6 PM EDT this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
480 
WHUS41 KBUF 122214
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
614 PM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021

NYZ010-019-085-122315-
/O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210912T2200Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
614 PM EDT Sun Sep 12 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED...



$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 5:59 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBUF36 hr

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.