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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Buffalo, NY

September 23, 2021Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 23, 2021, 10:12 PM EDT for Chautauqua County, Erie County, New York. It took effect at Sep 24, 2021, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 23, 2021, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 24, 2021, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 24, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
16 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 02:16 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, 2.2 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 2021-09-24Temperature 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 2021-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

449 
WHUS41 KBUF 240212
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1012 PM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021

NYZ010-019-085-241015-
/O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0014.210924T1100Z-210925T0300Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
1012 PM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

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

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

* WHEN...From 7 AM EDT Friday through Friday evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$

Hitchcock
4 follow-up statements
220 
WHUS41 KBUF 240738
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
338 AM EDT Fri Sep 24 2021

NYZ010-019-085-241600-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0014.210924T1100Z-210925T0300Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
338 AM EDT Fri Sep 24 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

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

* WHEN...From 7 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.

&&

$$

Apffel
457 
WHUS41 KBUF 241435
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1035 AM EDT Fri Sep 24 2021

NYZ010-019-085-242245-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-210925T0300Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
1035 AM EDT Fri Sep 24 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.

&&

$$
506 
WHUS41 KBUF 242231
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
631 PM EDT Fri Sep 24 2021

NYZ010-019-085-250300-
/O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-210925T0300Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
631 PM EDT Fri Sep 24 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...Through this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$
532 
WHUS41 KBUF 250250
CFWBUF

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1050 PM EDT Fri Sep 24 2021

NYZ010-019-085-250400-
/O.EXP.KBUF.BH.S.0014.000000T0000Z-210925T0300Z/
Northern Erie-Chautauqua-Southern Erie-
1050 PM EDT Fri Sep 24 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

$$

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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.