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Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this beach hazards statement at Jul 7, 2021, 4:38 AM EDT for 4 counties in New York. It took effect at Jul 7, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2021, 4:38 AM EDT (08:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 7, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2021, 9:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
Counties Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Wayne County, NY
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 873 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
346 WHUS41 KBUF 070838 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 438 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 NYZ001>004-071645- /O.NEW.KBUF.BH.S.0005.210707T1400Z-210708T0300Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 438 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions expected. * WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, and Wayne counties. * WHEN...From 10 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
784 WHUS41 KBUF 071441 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 1041 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 NYZ001>004-072245- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210708T0300Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 1041 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, and Wayne counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the water to avoid dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
398 WHUS41 KBUF 071929 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 329 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 NYZ001>004-080300- /O.CON.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210708T0300Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 329 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Strong currents and dangerous swimming conditions. * WHERE...Beaches of Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, and Wayne 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. && $$
643 WHUS41 KBUF 080153 CFWBUF Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Buffalo NY 953 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 NYZ001>004-080300- /O.CAN.KBUF.BH.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210708T0300Z/ Niagara-Orleans-Monroe-Wayne- 953 PM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... Waves have diminished. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cayuga | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 12:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 3:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 4:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Cattaraugus | 90 min |
| Jul 7, 4:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 4:39 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | BUF | 17 hr | |
| Jul 7, 4:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 42 min | |
| Jul 7, 4:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Niagara | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 5:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Orleans | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 6:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Monroe | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 6:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Ontario | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Livingston | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Chautauqua | 35 min |
| Jul 7, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | BUF | 86 min | |
| Jul 7, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | Allegany | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 33 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.